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With this in mind I have to wonder about the extent of Celestia's ability to perceive Teyvat. It's becoming more apparent that Celestia doesn't just watch Teyvat from a theoretical 'heaven' so is it a matter of constantly reading Irminsul or reading the positions of the Leylines (or both?) That also makes me curious if Celestia is aware of what's happening in Natlan. Can they read the wayob like Leylines, and if so are they gathering this information in real-time or after a cycle? Natlan makes me curious about a lot of things

​@@coma70se Hmm tbh I'm not really sure if they can/are actively observing natlan or the entirety of teyvat, though there is a chance that they are, but are just not doing anything, it can either be that they're too weak to respond, or know that it's gonna work out fine, because in the sumeru archon quest, the akademiya was able to calculate the action of certain individuals by using their data from the akasha system as a reference, similarly it could be possible that celestia is doing the same except with irminsul (Because while the night kingdom may be the main ley lines of natlan, they are built on top of its previous weakened ley lines that still connect to irminsul), and has predicted that natlan is going to be fine, though this is just a very sloppy theory of mine

@@Ajax-the-average-guy It's a very interesting theory, but don't forget what the abyss sibling's theory is from Bedtime Story - believing that the Heavenly Principles are in some kind of stasis based on their inaction. That might affect your theory.

@@coma70se that's a good point, though that would fit better if we had any information on the shades, because we really never got any confirmation on what condition they're in, and the Angel from the Archon quest seemed to define the shades and the heavenly principles being seperate entities rather than a group

Rumor has it he's actually the final boss in disguise

Honestly, and I can't speak for future content, but the new content is an improvement so far which I'm glad for honestly since it seemed that hoyo also realized that there's a ton of wasted time or near irrelevant stuff. I don't ever expect it to improve in every department but if they address at least half of these issues then I believe people would stop skipping story content (because a lot of people skip dialog tbh)

@@coma70se thanks for the reply looking forward to your next video

Yep! I was certainly glad we were back on track now with the abyss. I expected them to bring it up but the extent of the abyss' involvement and the other stuff only makes the previous arcs look even more filler. They had bits of relevance but compared to the new stuff? Night and day

@@coma70se Oh for sure, it feels so incredibly jarring, like I understand that the Traveler is supposed to act as a witness and whatnot but c’mon I wished the writers handled it better but that’s just me

Hmm... 🤔

@@coma70se take your time, do you wanna hear it though?

@@coma70se wait was that you who subbed

@@MrMikeMike :) I wonder

I've considered writing a video on that idea. In all honesty, a vast majority of story quests don't develop the character - they just show us who the character is (it's been that way from the beginning.) As for lack of combat, let's be honest it's been that way since Sumeru, both Archon quests and story quests. It's incredibly boring I'll be the first to admit, which is why I neglected to mention it. As for that Kazuha mention, while it's true that we got an admittedly cool sword out of it, Kazuha's quest is one of the worst concerning character development as it focuses entirely on the Raiden Gokaden rather than Kazuha as a character. We at least get insight into Clorinde's past, her former master, her relationship with Navia, AND the history of the Marechaussee Hunters. Honestly Story quests suck at developing characters as the best they can do is just add to their Lore rather than progress it. Character development can't really happen since the game relies on the characters remaining the same so they can develop in the main story (and that's only a precious few that do) I can't think of much right now, but I think Raiden is genuinely the only character who developed and grew in her story quests. I wish they'd handle stories more like hers in terms of development, so we can watch them change and evolve instead of just have a two hour lore dump.

About the rng, that's just skill issue fr lmao i suceeded in all checks first try

It's been a while so no worries. Glad you enjoyed the video!

I definitely prefer areas that are on the main map

Glad you appreciate it. Subtitles were hell but if they help at least one person I'm happy :) Also, Teyvat is flat theory? I'm not familiar with that one but if it has anything to do with the idea of Teyvat having a 'firmament' then I can see why that theory exists.

Hey, you've almost got the idea of the question I was trying to ask. I realized my exact questioning wasn't clear, but you seem to get it well enough

@@coma70se then what did u exactly mean?

@@unknown-oe8jg what exact benefit did Ei see in the vision hunt decree? She likely wouldn't have approved of it if she didn't see something outside of what she heard from the Raiden Shogun puppet

@@coma70se she knew the fatui are involed and she knew the poeple most likely hated the idea.. she thought it was a matter of time and they’ll accept it, she thought if they have no need to use a vision, and a vision could be fallen in the wrong hands, then why not stop the whole vision thing? It would make inazuma a safer place, they are in eternal peace era, no one need to be portected by the vision, it will only harm people by time, she wanted them to live their short lives happely and peacfully, so her goal of the whole thing was to make inazuma safer and completly peacfull

@@unknown-oe8jg One would think that and yet the idea didn't come up for 400+ years until the Fatui got involved. I get that they would've convinced her, but there has to be something about visions that we don't know that got her to agree to it at that point after so many years of not doing it. I don't know if I'm making sense

I suppose I should make my actual question more clear regarding this. My question is more along the lines of why it had her approval. As in: what benefit did she see in the vision hunt decree? For it to have gained her approval, there should have been a benefit she saw in stripping people of their visions beyond what was told to her by the puppet and the Kujou clan. As for what that is, that's why I'm curious. I don't know if I'm making much sense here, but I don't think it would've been approved if there wasn't something she knew about visions that we currently don't know - something that, in her mind, was good enough reasoning to take such a drastic action. As for your questions, I consider them to be really good and fairly strong questions. Personally I didn't ask about her having a "parent" because I didn't see it being relevant to her current rule as an archon, and I have a feeling that the "higher power" in question is the heavenly principles. As for where her power comes from, Venti said in the beginning of the game that an archon gains their strength from their citizens' belief in them. People believe very strongly in the Shogun and so I imagine her power spawns from there. Iirc, the Sakura tree contained excess elemental energy as a result of the nature of the seed that was planted - which carried the remnant of Makoto within itself waiting for the time which Ei would be ready to receive her sister's last words.

Actually no. Sure I concede I phrased my question incorrectly, but I've really only had a constructive conversation with people about it. And really she was only 'well infromed' to the extent that covered eternity - which is why it kicked up so much conflict as a result.

Iirc (and I'll have to get back to you on the source for this) Venti's slumber is a means of delaying any potential erosion that might happen by limiting his time spent awake, in a similar way to Raiden's continued meditation

Don't forget to drop off some spaghetti

I don't remember what he said so I'd look into it, but Zhongli's reaction has me wondering on his exact thoughts about Neuvillette

Hey, we are still due his second story quest and a Mondstat expansion

They gotta know man. I refuse to believe it's just some kind of retirement arc

Oh true, since we're not entirely sure how Celestia will respond to it. All we know is that Neuvillette prevented the people from drowning by making them human

Moreover, Furina might also get charged with the sins of destroying the Hydro Archon's Divine Throne and giving his Authority back to Neuvillette. Because as far as we know, Furina IS still one of Foçalors halves. Even if she's human, her body is still Foçalors, and she even ruled Fontaine for 500 years as a Foçalors.

@@joyhammer3148 Not to mention, Foçalors set Furina up to be perceived as the archon. I have a feeling that Natlan (depending on if the archon is alive) might answer the question on what Celestia sees regarding the archons. Maybe Celestia might not be able to see the archons themselves but only the gnosis.

@@coma70se it's a possibility. Another question that would be really relevant is "Why isn't Celestia reacting so far in the story?" Nahida said the Sustainer is asleep since Khaenri'ah, but the Sustainer can't be the only god residing up there, right? In the manga, Venti thought about 3 figures when Venessa asked him to tell her more about Celestia, meaning there should be AT LEAST 3 more gods in there other than the Sustainer. So why aren't they saying anything, when so many world-threatening BS is happening in less than 4 years? The Abyss Order committing pure blasphemy by corrupting Barbatos' statue; Osial being freed and menacing one of the Seven territories, while an Archon decides to quit his job; the Fatui extensively using gods' remains on humanity; the Fatui and the Akademiya giving birth to a new god after stealing another Nation's Gnosis, while threatening the Dendro Archon's life (the most IMPORTANT individual on Teyvat due to being Irminsul's incarnation and manager); the Hydro Archon not only destroying the Hydro Divine Throne up there in Celestia, thus wrecking up the whole Seven system, but also returning her Authority to a Sovereign; and then the Tsaritsa threatening other Nations and collecting all of the Gnoses... So many things might have disrupted Teyvat so far when you actually think about it, so why aren't the other gods in Celestia reacting?

Also, Nuvilleute didn't exist before Egeria, Because he sort of was Egeria lol. She was the replacement for the hydro dragon. So they couldn't / didn't need to reincarnate until she died.

She did know about how her people didn’t like it tho.. she just thought it was a matter of time tell they accept it

Venti did say an archon's strength comes from their people's faith. Perhaps that would still give him some amount of strength given how faithful Mondstat is to their archon

Interesting line of thought there. I certainly believe it's beneficial on both ends, and your theory could make a lot of sense. I think the one thing I don't agree with is the Tsaritsa proving that Liyue could take care of itself. That very much seems like it was Liyue's own decision, especially since Childe didn't seem to be in on it - then again, I suppose there's nothing stopping her from telling him to carry out the plan that way and withholding the reason from him.

I'd almost agree if the archon quest's portrayal of her matched up with her story quest. Honestly, everything regarding Ei after the AQ is good imo and I've gained an appreciation of her over time. It's less that I think she's badly written, and more that Inazuma in general is badly written for me. Kokomi, Ayaka, and Ayato are the other characters in the story I feel were done dirty just like Raiden.

Of course right, but I can't help but consider that as an archon, even if she didn't know what the Fatui were doing, the consequences of the vision hunt decree would be glaringly obvious as a threat to the eternity she so strongly went on about, especially since the story spent so much time building her up as someone who would be able to forsee such a consequence, especially after a full year of it going on.

@@coma70se i mean she herself thought the vhd was a correct approach to eternity. This idea was suggested by the fatui to sell delusions and destabilize inazuma so they convinced or manipulated the puppet into believing that it does not pose a threat to eternity. Later when she talked to the traveler in the plane of euthymia she basically said that no one would lose their life from their visions being taken away but rather lose their lives from pursuing their aspirations. This could imply that she did not know the worst cases of the effect on people after their visions being taken away because some people like itto weren’t affected and kuki willingly handed it as well. If she did know then it wouldn’t be a surprise since she as their ruler and god would think that it’s logical to sacrifice a minority of her people to protect inazuma as a whole from the wrath of celestia as she herself has witnessed. about your last statement, i don’t think genshin depicts her out to be someone who can foresee consequences but rather they highlight her “strength” instead of “intelligence” unlike what they did with focalor

@@rat9958 you bring up a fair point honestly. I think what irks me so much about it, and why I have such a hard time rationalizing her logic is because of how quickly all of the irrational events suddenly happen. After over 400 years of doing nothing (related to the vhd), the Fatui come along and propose it as a good idea and the archon of the nation didn't think about it beyond what what's so suddenly presented to her? By extention, there would've been a year under the vhd and the Sakoku decree and supposedly everything is supposed to have been fine without her once personally looking into it? Also, her first sq highlights her perspective on eternity as she is resistant to the idea of change. Again, after centuries of continuous rule, drastic changes happen in her nation and Ei, the one so against change, doesn't once figure that there's potential problems in her continued pursuit of eternity?

@@coma70se i believe 500 years would not be that long for someone like her, not to mention she was doing nothing but meditating so her wounds may have been fresh. although the vhd happened for a year, it may have been proposed longer before as the fatui have been plotting in inazuma for centuries prior to both the vhd and sd. As of now we don’t really know everything about visions, they could be bad or good but ei in fact does know a lot more than us . In her voice lines she mentions that she is subject to constraints about the topic of vision and there is another side to it other than desire. Perhaps this is why she thought it was a good idea as she may have other reasons that she cannot share on why visions should be taken away. Both decrees in her eyes are for the better of inazuma so even though it may contradict her idea of eternity, a small change( to her) would be worth it as it would provide a greater stasis for inazuma. Ultimately it did harm her own people and she still has her part in those decrees. She also continues to realize her flawed view of eternity in her second sq. and she is making amends for her mistakes

@@rat9958 One would think the vhd being proposed over an extended period of time would allow room for consideration about potential consequences, not to mention it doesn't address the logic of her unending pursuit of eternity. As for visions, considering how apprehensive she seems about Celestia, I fully agree with you on that front. Now as for the idea of stasis, you're actually not wrong. Iirc, the story does highlight the idea that stasis might have been what she was pursuing. This is also backed up by the Sakoku decree also being put into effect at that time. My only problem with that line of logic is the rebellion and subsequent war that resulted from it (however small the scale) did pose a threat to that ideal, again creating a fallacy in logic. I understand, and even agree with a lot of your thoughts, but can't help but feel like the actual writing failed the idea itself - which is unfortunate considering that it left that bad of an impression on many fronts as a result of the failed execution. It was ambitious and they fell on their sword, leading to somewhat of a weak story. Even still, I do appreciate what they've done with Ei as a character since. I certainly am looking forward to seeing more of her since I feel like there's a lot of potential to be explored with her and her ideals.

I understand what was preventing him from returning as dragon sovereign. My line of questioning was more about what exactly was he before Egeria died. I can't help but feel like whatever state he was in could answer a few questions about the other sovereigns in the world, like the electro one for instance (since the remuria quest insinuates that they would've been in a different form somewhere within the primordial sea, but Neuvillette seems to hold no knowledge about this)

As i understand the hydro sovereign couldnt restart their cycle while egeria was inside the primordial sea, and she came out after remuria's fall. So the hydro dragon (dunno if is the same neuvillete) could only reincarnate after that moment.

@@MaxJey2 from what I understand, it's not the same Neuvillette as he refers to the dragon that came before him as a different entity

Yup, that's where my thinking is too

I believe it's because Furina is mortal rather than being an archon and Focalors existed long before the archon war 500 years prior vs Nahida who is an actual archon and only came about after the fact.

Yeah Focalors was around during Egeria’s reign while Nahida wasn’t born until Rukka died.

I'm telling you, the Cryo archon really pulled off something major if they're still allowed to roam free without consequences, even if they cause trouble like Childe in Liyue for instance. Again, what's in that contract that everyone just let's the Fatui commit crimes without reprimand?

You share a lot of the criticisms I had about Inazuma, so yeah, I completely understand. For better or worse they tried to retcon a lot in her first and second story quests (which I'm not a fan of) but it certainly doesn't fix it. Lowkey wish the Sacred Sakura quest was the main quest no lie. Still though, welcome back to Genshin! Hope Inazuma doesn't discourage you too much, since the story picks up so incredibly well from here and the writing is significantly stronger.

Yeah hope u complete the rest of the archon quest from what i heard the reason inazuma's story is so bad is cus the main story writer left halfway through it but now the story is getting better and better

@@coma70se now I'm curious with what they retcon because i just started Ei story quest. Yeah the side quests in Inazuma in particular shows the lack of care in the Archon Quest because holy mother of god most of it is awesome. Of course, it doesn't discourage me because from what my friend told me Sumeru Archon Quest is prettying strong so I'm looking forward to it. Not gonna lie it's love hate relationship with Genshin, i love the world and the character but i haaateeee some of the more mechanical enemy (this is my problem cuz I'm dumb 😭)

@@ilhamadigunawan5264 Regarding her quests, they try to recontextualize her character which kind of backfired since it contradicted everything they set up with her, but you'll see for yourself. As for the mechanical enemies in the game... Well... Good luck with that 🙂

@@ridenenaji so that's why. it's still dissapointing because the thought of having Baal/Beelzebub that locking their nation down is soo facinating back then.

I recall that and thought it set a pretty interesting precedent regarding the other potential sovereigns in the future - for instance that might yield information on where Inazuma's dragon is as well

He’s 1000 years old

I don’t think Zhongli is actually one. He takes the form of one since he is prime of adepti. Also dragons are really territorial so there’s never been a time where they would band together because they can be som egotistical

Zhongli isnt actually a dragon, even if he was he would have been essentially a traitor to all dragonkind lmao

I doubt Zhongli is a dragon in the traditional sense. He can change forms as an adeptus, but he isn't a dragon sovereign and his powers came from the previous sovereigns, meaning it is not necessarily his own to wield. Neuvi might see that as an error to correct or a crime to judge, which would explain that voice line.

Thank you very much! I appreciate it 😁

Literally! It's incredibly suspicious isn't it? That's kind of why I'm curious about Nahida since she doesn't do that skirting around the topic thing, and also why Zhongli's contract bothers me so much. Not sure if you've seen the latest Inazuma event, but the little bread crumbs there also make me wonder why everyone seems so calm about the possibility. You also bring up a good point about any potential punishment that I hadn't considered. If they're all on board with it like they seem to be implying then they'd all be punish along side the Tsaritsa. One would thinly they'd be more concerned, no?

@@coma70se I didn't finished the event yet even if I've heard about that war thing that Ei and Miko talked about. If they all officially take the Fatui side when the time comes and since the Heavenly principal got injured I suppose they might have a chance but....

@@hirods9889 I mean I don't think they'll win in a pure fight. I'm sure what they're planning is coming down to some kind of deception, kind of like Focalors

Holy... thanks for the reply. I appreciate your input and since it involves Inazuma I can't say I'm too surprised. I'll work my way from the bottom since I do believe you have quite the interesting perspective and highlighted some points that I certainly could've addressed - of course this could be a video on it's on. With act 1 of the AQ, I do fully see the importance of showing the impact of losing visions. In fact, I consider it to have been done incredibly well. My main issue with this is that Inazuma's AQ was the first time that an Archon was presented as an active protector of the people (where Zhongli and Venti were portrayed as having a laid back approach to this.) Being an active protector, one would think that bearing witness to the negative effects of the decree and subsequent war would either encourage some stronger reaction or more action from her. Which brings me to the concept of Eternity as it's presented by the AQ vs Raiden's SQ. It Felt somewhat inconsistent, making it unclear why she was so willing to let the events of the war happen under the notion of pursuing Eternity. On surface level a war would surely go against it, and on a principled stance her pursuit of an "unchanging Eternity" while allowing events that undoubtedly contradict that is what generated this confusion for me. In her Character Story 1, the quote "Then, while things are still good, let us have stillness... Let us march towards Eternity." would almost make sense if didn't contradict the state of affairs in the AQ; being a war that was meant to weaken Inazuma as a nation and had severe negative effects due to war and the loss of visions. In her first SQ it is clarified that her pursuit of Eternity is really an unwillingness to allow for change - which the decree certainly contradicted. She realized that she was hampering the lives of humans for her pursuit of Eternity, which was good, but only came after people who really opposed such changes stepped forward. Now we could make the argument that her hundreds of years spent in meditation might have blinded her to the effects of her actions on the people of Inazuma. To that, I'd have to say I agree. This, however, makes her reasoning in act 3 of the AQ even more flawed, because her saying that she was aware of everything and only considered it from the perspective of Eternity makes even less sense when you consider her idea of what constitutes Eternity. If she truly believed the Fatui posed no threat to Eternity, then her intent to punish the Hiiragi and Kujou clan heads contradicts that statement on her pursuit of Eternity. Now, I will be fair to her and note that the clan heads were feeding false information to the Shogun, and it was this misinformation that allowed it to continue for so long without resistance from the puppet. I actually think her second SQ did a good job at highlighting the differences in perspective from Ei herself and the puppet. If we look at it with this in mind then it almost makes sense. Almost. As we can assume the Raiden Shogun puppet was merely telling Ei that there was no issue in the puppet's eyes. But even then I have issues with the enforcement of the decree itself. Inazuma went on for centuries under her rule before the notion of confiscating visions ever came into play, and it went on for about a year - a year of the damaging effects of the decree and eventual war being put on display, blatantly contradicting Eternity as Raiden describes it. I fully understand the Fatui's intent with their interferences, but what I ultimately don't understand was how Raiden could've ever seen any kind of benefit in letting it happen either from her perspective or from the perspective of the Inazumans. I think my main issue though, is that so much of the AQ's story and conflict relies on additional content. Without her SQ I can't say that I'd understand her perspective, and without that I couldn't even make these justifications for anything. Man, I didn't expect to write out such a long response, but I am really passionate about Inazuma because I could debate literally everything there to no end. Again, thanks for your response and perspective, talking these things out is always so interesting to me.

​@@coma70se Thanks for your reply also, and apologies for the delayed reply, got quite hooked on Windtrace haha. I appreciate it! As for the response you have given me, I’ll also work my way down and offer my perspective, as I feel there are a number of points that I think should be handled. Despite the rather inconsistent nature of losing one’s Vision, like in the cases of Kuki, Itto and a few NPC's, I do indeed agree that the possible effects of losing one was done quite effectively. You’re right in thinking that an active protector God not taking any action despite there being such chaos going on is quite odd. But I think what you may be missing is that this is a question the story itself poses and answers: In act I, A Flower Blooms in a Prison, we learn several key details from Ayaka which will become important later. We first learn that the Shogun puppet doesn’t appear in public very often, with most appearances Ayaka witnessed being her attending formal ceremonies. We then learn that the vast majority of people in Inazuma take a stance of indifference towards the Vision Hunt Decree because it only affects a small number of people. And lastly, we learn that the Yashiro Commission has tried numerous times to raise a formal objection towards the VHD, but that each time the request arrives at Tenshukaku, the Tenryou and Kanjou Commission always veto the request, which causes it to be subsequently scrapped. When you also consider that in Ei’s act I it is stated that the Tri-Commission’s duty is to provide information for the Shogun in order for her to make effective judgements, then it’s quite clear to see what is happening here. The Tenryou and Kanjou Commission are preventing any information regarding the civil war and any problems that have arisen with the decree from reaching the Shogun puppet and Ei, because if it did, the Shogun would act immediately, which would go against their plans. Miko as well says as much in the third act after presenting the evidence of treason to Kujou Sara in Blind Loyalty, Reckless Courage: “(The Official Tenryou Commission Document is shown) Kujou Sara: ...I see this document bears the official seal of the head of the Kujou Clan. And it doesn't look like a forgery... I don't understand... Not a single word about the resistance, Sangonomiya, or the situation on the front line… What about the soldiers who gave their lives on the front line, or the hardship endured by the people? Do they deserve no mention!? Utter disregard for human life. Why would they want to hide it? Yae Miko: For the sake of the Vision Hunt Decree, of course. **Don't you think the Shogun might reconsider her policy if all of the things you just mentioned appeared in this report?** Kujou Sara: So the Tenryou Commission... **They are deliberately deceiving the Shogun?** Yae Miko: Yes. Now... who else do you think might be benefiting from the Vision Hunt Decree? Traveler: I also have a confidential letter here. Paimon: This is a letter from the Tenryou Commission to the Fatui. The head of the Kujou Clan kept this a secret from the Shogun, too.” In Inazuma’s third act of the AQ, Sword, Fish, Resistance, Kokomi also states that the Shogun and Tenryou Commission’s attitude doesn’t add up: “Sangonomiya Kokomi: The mere existence of the Vision Hunt Decree is baffling. **The Tenryou Commission's attitude just doesn't seem to add up, and neither does the Shogun's. The Tenryou Commission's zealous support for the decree seemed to come out of nowhere. And the Shogun seems completely indifferent to the fact that it has effectively caused a civil war…** I suspect the Vision Hunt Decree won't end until these mysteries are solved. All I can say for certain is that as long as the Vision Hunt Decree remains in force, we will never give up our fight.” Ayaka later on into this act also says something to similar and more conclusive effect in act III, Proof of Guilt, twice: “Kamisato Ayaka: Now that you mention it, there is one thing that has always concerned me. The Shogun's Army has been at war with the resistance for a long time now, **but not once has the Shogun ever inquired about it.** **I used to think that she simply didn't care, but looking at it now, perhaps the problem all along has been with the Tenryou Commission's reports to the Shogun.** Paimon: What do you mean? Kamisato Ayaka: The Tenryou Commission presides over domestic military affairs. If they ever had any intention of **concealing information in their reports** , we would have no way of knowing. Meanwhile, **the Shogun would incorrectly conclude that the Vision Hunt Decree poses no threat, and would stick to her decision.** If we had access to their reports, it would confirm everything. Thoma: But as I recall, the only person authorized to access that kind of official documentation is Kujou Takayuki.” After we obtain the secret documents: “Kamisato Ayaka: This sealed envelope must be an official report that the Tenryou Commission is preparing to present to the Shogun. In addition, we have... correspondence with the Fatui. It seems that Guuji Yae was right. They have been fomenting unrest behind the scenes.” With the people taking a stance of indifference towards the Decree, with the Tenryou and Kanjou Commission covering up their secret collusion with the Fatui, the civil war, and the overall effects of the Decree and with the Shogun herself not appearing in public much, spending most time in Tenshukaku, it’s not hard to imagine how this entire situation was kept secret from the Shogun and Ei for an entire year. Moving on, I don’t think her concept of Eternity as presented by the AQ and the SQ have any differences. The civil war as I said before was kept a secret from the puppet and Ei, and the letter that I cited in my original comment shows the Tenryou Commission was intent on convincing them that all of Inazuma was at peace and that there were no problems that have arisen with the decree whatsoever. If she were informed of everything, it’s very likely she would take action since that isn’t inline with her view of Eternity, which is supposed to prevent excessive suffering for her subjects. I’d also like to press that she never admitted to knowing she was aware of everything happening outside. If anything, she states the opposite in that particular conversation: “Traveler: The Fatui have deceived the Raiden Shogun. The Vision Hunt Decree should never have existed. Ei: Oh? Surely you didn't rouse me from my state of eternal meditation only to tell me this? If so, then you underestimate me. I am quite well-informed about the Vision Hunt Decree. You know everything that's going on outside? Ei: **Not so.** Only everything that pertains to eternity. Ei: The Vision Hunt Decree has my tacit approval. Ei: The Fatui's actions thus far do not constitute a threat to eternity, otherwise... they would have been purged long ago.” What she admits to is that she knows of the existence of the VHD and tacitly approves of it, that we shouldn’t underestimate her knowledge and that the Fatui so far haven’t done anything dangerous yet. But as I’ve covered before, the Tenryou Commission has been feeding her misinformation. Ei in this instance believes she’s in the know while actually being deceived. Which rings back to an earlier citation I had in my original comment from her act I, with her warning Takatsukasa Susumu not to commit the same act of treason, lest he lose his life to her blade, while also admitting her flawed judgments during the VHD was indeed influenced by the reports from the Tenryou Commission. As we’ve seen with the Inazuma AQ, the Sumeru AQ with Nahida and the Sages (which is actually a very similar situation to this one), and the Fontaine AQ with Focalors and the Heavenly Principles, the Gods are not omniscient, and there are things that even they cannot perceive. This expectation that Ei or any other God should naturally know of everything that’s going on in their nations I think is an overall flawed perspective that prevents a true understanding of their goals and conduct. Nahida for instance didn’t know the Sages were secretly colluding with the Fatui and plotting to create a new God by stealing dreams from the people, in that same vein I think it should be an acceptable conclusion that Ei in a similar manner could be kept in the dark about certain matters. I think both of Ei’s story quests give us a lot of good perspective into her goals, personality, morals and lore and overall character. And that they do indeed serve towards a more nuanced understanding of her conduct and the overall plot in the AQ; but I would strongly disagree in saying that the AQ relies on both her SQ’s to properly understand the AQ’s story and conflict. The AQ itself has on numerous occasions hinted that there was something fishy with the Shogun’s conduct (or lack thereof), and the Tenryou/Kanjou Commission’s behaviour. Many hints that I’ve quoted from the AQ itself to support my point. I'd say that the AQ itself gives a sufficient amount of information to understand the main plot and conflict. With how nuanced this topic is, I’d most definitely encourage a video to be made on it. Thank you again for indulging me! I hope I don’t sound too confrontational with how I present some of my points. It's just that this is a topic I’m quite passionate about as it’s very frequently not quite clearly understood by the larger community, in the worst cases often misconstrued with misconceptions and misinformation. If you have any particular thoughts again about my response, I’d be interested in hearing them!

@@coma70se My comment also kept being rejected (Thanks RUclips...) so that also slowed things down as I had to make a few revisions. RUclips does that quite often with some of my longer texts.

@shinealight322 Hey, don't hold back on my account. It's very interesting having this kind of conversation, especially with how nuanced it is. You also make a lot of strong points, and yeah, this could very well be a video or series on its own. I can see how all the smoke and mirrors from the Kujou clan and Fatui, as well as the general acceptance of the vhd and sakoku decree created a situation that perfectly explains why things happened the way they did. As much sense as it makes, I suppose it doesn't yet answer my question in the video, but to explain why that is allow me to rephrase the question: "What exact benefit did Ei see in having people stripped of their visions?" Our discussion and the AQ itself already answered this: it's likely because of the fact that she sees visions being dangerous to people because the ambition that comes with it can easily lead to death. With that in mind though, I still don't find that explanation to be sufficient. Sure, vision holders are empowered to pursue their ambitions, but realistically the fatality rate of that is hardly enough for this to be the only tangible threat. People would die, yes, but it's doubtful that the number of fatalities is large enough to justify the vhd on its own. So on top of ambitions being fatal in Ei's eyes, what else does she know about visions that could've informed her 'tacid approval' of the vhd without serving as a threat to eternity? Now, with having rephrased the line of questioning, the focus moves away from the more political aspect of the decree - not that it's not important. I think something our conversation has made me aware of is just how much relevant information was treated as secondary in the quest. I don't know if I'm making sense here but as much as you've highlighted just how much context is given in the quest, going back to the AQ itself it almost feels like the information was poorly conveyed. It's all there, but difficult to follow with all the moving parts. It reminds me of my initial first impressions of the quest - that I wished the story spent most of its time on elaborating on the politics of the clans so the general audience would more easily appreciate the payoff of learning the information about the clans' deception. This brings me to my point of her SQ. You're right, the story can stand on its own with just the AQ. I just feel like the SQ does a lot of the heavy lifting in making Ei an easier to understand character. And, her first SQ delivers on my initial desire to see more on the political front, since getting a better look at the clans creates more nuanced discussions on the state of Inazuma and it's controlling interests. Thanks for writing. Never feel worried about discussing something at length. It shows a genuine interest, and again, it's fun talking about it and going back and forth.

Somehow I really wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. Though there's a new region of Mondstadt coming in the future so... New Venti boss there mayhaps?

@@coma70se maybe maybe possibly possibly hopefully hopefully

Remuria?

If it's a physical place we can explore in the future it'd be interesting to see what Remuria's about. Most likely the Remurian King's actions might've played a role in Fontaine's current state, though I'd like to believe his role was a lot closer to Deshret in terms of how things fit in.

@@Shadonicus0652 Yes that's the one!

I definitely would love to learn more about Istaroth and the Thousand Winds, since it seems so important to Teyvat as a whole. I don't know about Venti being her son, but it wouldn't surprise me given his origins before becoming an Archon. Istaroth appearing in the story would also be interesting on a wider scale beyond Mondstadt, so I'd love to see her show up in the story soon

It's just a theory, no real guarantee on if we'd go there in his Act 2, but I think we'll certainly have to explore it at some point

It's quite possible, it's also possible that that during the quest line we also learn what contract she made with Zhongli as that also indicates some deep connection or event that's central to what's going on.

Thanks for subbing, I appreciate it! To answer your questions, I think the likelyhood of them working on Northern Mondstadt is incredibly high. As I understand it, we should be expecting some more Mondstadt content soon, though I figure it'll focus more on Old Mondstadt and it's history rather than Venti part 2. It may even explore the Goddess of Time or the 4 Winds. As for the new artifacts, yeah they do, which I find very interesting as before now we've only really had the Wanderers Troupe set and maybe Lava walkers giving us breadcrumbs. The new weapon also talks about Natlan, which has me exited to learn more about the region as a whole, and what the Cataclysm did to it

There's a lot he's connected to that could pop up in future quests. Honestly hope there's a quest line in the future that just explores Old Mondstadt and the Four Winds. I feel like Varka and Alice hold a lot of information as well. Hopefully we see it explored more soon, especially since there's supposed to be more Mondstadt content coming soon

Glad you think so! I'm always looking to improve on them too so I appreciate that you like them

Yo congrats! I lost on Neuvillete but I'll still be going for Wrio and Venti. Good luck on all your pulls, hopefully the C6 comes quick