@@LorkdemperEww. Didn’t know that. Guess it makes it easier for the CCP to control everyone on threat of money loss in addition to the social credit system and camera they have everywhere. What an evil place to live.
Someone made an inference about Victoria Housekeeping's members being based off of classic movie monsters. Von Lycaon is the Wolfman, Alexandrina is a ghost, Corin is Frankenstein's monster, and Ellen is a shark for Jaws.
actually i’m pretty sure ellen is a shark from sharknado since she has a move called sharknami which would be a clever way to make an indirect reference
@@jaydantastic3529 Sharknado may be an influence, but Jaws is definitely in the running because one of the main recurring characters in the Jaws movies is Ellen Brody.
Apparently, Von Lycaon was apart of a phantom thieves gang called the Mockingbirds but left and is enemies with a former friend who is clearly a vampire or vampire themed
Billy's trust events are all about hinting at his backstory as a legendary rider in the outer rim. It implies he's holding back and faking a lot of his incompetence And an old trailer (featuring his old goice actor) shows his old gang boss and that he gave billy "a name and a mission" So theres some additional funfacts for you
Here's a fun one. Eridu is (supposedly) the name of a city held dear to a Babylonian god of the abyss which was apparently everywhere just under the earths surface. According to one retiring HIA member who hires you to distract/eliminate ethereals while he harvests crystals. Those crystal structures support the entirety of the Eridu.
It took me a while to get into ZZZ. At first, I was just like "this is a weird" and "why are there animal people?" and none of it seemed to fit cohesively. Then around the end of chapter 1 something clicked and I realized that the world was surprisingly well-written and the different factions all fit into the larger narrative. Just met Belobog Industries... they're a fun bunch and my favorite organization... and cannot wait to see where this is going.
Also, "Obol" refers to the ceremonial gold coin(s) that ancient greeks would use for their funerary rites, either placing the obols on the deceased eyes or under their tongue.
Oh that's interesting. I didn't realize that those gold coins had a specific name. This feels like it could be an important note to keep in mind. Thanks for this.
That boils it down way simpler for me to get thanks, also HSR's story is in a way simple to understand but hard because of all the mythology references in literally every crease of the story.
Whoa that tip about Billy's Jacket is a good catch! As a Piper/Lucy main, i'm excited for when it's their time to shine in the story, maybe Billy will be there as well~ You've earned yourself a sub, entertaining lore vid, hope to see more lore in the future!
This video is well done. Seen so many lazy ZZZ vids recently looking for an easy cash grab. Im happy to find a vid that actually cares about the game more than i do. XD
I’m glad you liked it. ZZZ is personally my favorite hoyoverse game and it’s a shame that it’s not talked about as much as Genshin or HSR. Regardless, I’ll do my best to make good videos.
the mysteries about each characters past are rly the biggest thing keeping me on board. this one's kind of a crack theory but I think Nicole could be related to Ms. Sarah in some way. The "prominent family" mentioned in Nicole's bio, and the fact she dnfed up back on the streets, and just the green eyes and black w/ gold accents outfit motif in their designs could be a correlation.
Characters are the most important part for a gacha game imo. I’ve also heard that theory about Nicole and it definitely makes me want to know more about her family history.
I hope all of the original void hunters will be playable. Though it's hard not to believe the theory that the pink haired girl at 4:03 has corrupted and became the boss Nineveh the more I look into it.
I've seen that theory too and I'm not entirely convinced it's her yet, but I wouldn't rule it out either. If we find out that she came from a rich family and loved flowers, then it would line up with the items in Hollow Zero. Also the idea that the original void hunters became special grade ethereals is an interesting idea, but I really want them to be playable. Thanks for commenting, it's fun to talk about lore and theories.
I'm personally excited for the idol group faction we're eventually going to get. We don't know much right now but I'm saving for those girlies nonetheless :3
lucy and soldier 11. i hope we get like some lore on anby and soldier 11 being sisters. but my head cannon is that shes a clone of soldier 11 just slightly different.
Thanks for this. When i started playing i skipped the first bit until we met victoria housekeeping and was confused later on when stuff was mentioned i didn't pay attention to. Glad you summarized it!
1:31 I'm gonna look this up properly later but I think hollows has been around before that period, cause I think it's supposed to be a hollow that happened to appear around that time. Cause the way the stories hinting it, hollows has been around for like atleast an entire era which would prolly go back a very long way
I am convinced that Wise and Bell are either the real children of or adopted by, the person who worked with the 7 hero's originally. I mean even those guys would've needed a guide right? So either there is an 8th that was their "proxy" that didn't get remembered because why would you remember the guide to the hero OR the white haired guy more literally created hollow exploration by creating the system those two use and they passed it down to them. Basically either they're that guys kids, adoptive or biological, or there was an 8th member who they are related to that raised them and guided the hero's as a proxy. Barring time traveling I can't see any other way but I suppose it could be something completely different and completely insane. This is just my theory for now.
Thank you so much for this vid. I am very interested in zzz lore but honestly i don't know much. Looking forward to what zzz lore has to offer in future.
Hope to see you uncover the mystery lore of Bad Guys like Silver and the Red Fang Gang, Vision Corporation with Pearlman and Ms. Sarah, the mysterious hired mercenaries and The Sacrifice
I wonder if thirens were created because of Ether corruption. Also could be that Victoria Housekeeping is just a front and in reality they are assassins (which seems heavily implicated to me). Also as a side note, a playable Ethereal would be lit.
The origin of thirens is something I want to learn more about. I also agree that there’s also more to Victoria Housekeeping than what Lycaon told us. A playable Ethereal would be amazing and it would be interesting to see how Hoyoverse justifies it lore-wise.
Not just Thirens, but theirs also Soukakku being a outright demon in appearance, you also have General Chop who we don't know what the heck he is, their are Elves too
Im pretty sure hollows were a known phenomina before Hollow Zero appeared, cos Phaethons bangboo Eous belonged to their teacher before Hollow Zero swallowed Old Eridu
Not sure if I'll stick with ZZZ but i did miraculously get Zhu Yuan early and more interested in the world thanks to your video so I think I'll stick around a bit longer
I was about to comment something i thought was super cool about the Boar, but i was wrong it wasnt Hercules/Heracles but i got the boar and the lion all missed up again.
@@Vii3Wishes if my life long goal of trying to be a know it all I tend to mix things up. Like did you knew Hercules was suppose to be at the Trojan war but he missed the boat.
Just a thought that I had an idea for but I’ve seen many people in the comments theorising about Bell and Wise’s parents possibly being to a member of the seven legendary heroes. Well another interesting thing to do with that is (please forgive me I can’t remember exact wording but I’ll try and phrase it the best) but they elude to wanting something in hollow zero? And having ulterior motives at times. Could this be that they’re related to the founder of Helios academy and their goal is to find out what happened to him? (Related to as in referring to multiple different ways rather than just if their biologically related, adopted, or just knew eachother) but that’s just a theory thanks for reading this :))
I like ZZZ because unlike Genshin or Star Rail, the stakes aren't really high and the gacha rates are generous enough to keep you engaged without turning you away I don't like turn based games so Star Rail was immediately out of the question for me and Genshin wasn't bad I just couldn't really stick with the story
where the hell is all this lore comming from? deffinitly not from inside the game, I've never heared of those heroes and how they looked like, was there a trailer I missed?
Don’t worry I got you. The seven heroes are from the “Where the Miracle Began” trailer. There’s a bit of lore on the interknot posts and from lore items in Hollow zero. I also grabbed some lore crumbs from their twitter posts.
@@caffeinegg thx for telling me, I should had checked out the older trailers aswell, I only watched the single character trailers and the big one where we see all the silluets, this info makes the game even more interesting now then it already is! I can already suspect something brewing in the background!!!
love that now that all the drama stuff is fizzing out my YT is pushing entertaining ZZZ content. my favorite character are Soldier 11 and Lucy , and i cant wait to learn more lore on them.
To be fair, you’re right. It’s not explicitly confirmed. When I wrote and recorded the script, I thought it was, but I could be wrong. I personally think they’re different people for now because I’m don’t think the timeline lines up. As we get more information, I’ll make updates and corrections.
![[1.1] Investigating Ether and the "Sacrifice" - A Zenless Zone Zero Theory](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/t0QEWJ6HbHY/mqdefault.jpg)
Random Play is just money laundering business, I just realised now. LOL
Wise and Belle can conquer any hollow, but they can't beat the IRS
Holy shit you're right 😂😂
Ironic that New Eridu still uses hard cash, in a game from China, where almost all business is done with cash apps
@@LorkdemperEww. Didn’t know that. Guess it makes it easier for the CCP to control everyone on threat of money loss in addition to the social credit system and camera they have everywhere. What an evil place to live.
@@Lorkdemper probably related to the analoguization of the world, since digital tech got messed up by Hollows, it's safer to use physical currency
For those who are curious, H.A.N.D stands for Hollow Affairs & Neutralization Department
"There are two ways to raid a hollow, the fun way, or the funny way, and our main goal through the game is to increase the funniness level."
Someone made an inference about Victoria Housekeeping's members being based off of classic movie monsters. Von Lycaon is the Wolfman, Alexandrina is a ghost, Corin is Frankenstein's monster, and Ellen is a shark for Jaws.
actually i’m pretty sure ellen is a shark from sharknado since she has a move called sharknami which would be a clever way to make an indirect reference
@@jaydantastic3529 Sharknado may be an influence, but Jaws is definitely in the running because one of the main recurring characters in the Jaws movies is Ellen Brody.
That's amazing actually, never even thought about that
Apparently, Von Lycaon was apart of a phantom thieves gang called the Mockingbirds but left and is enemies with a former friend who is clearly a vampire or vampire themed
Also, Lycaon is a double leg amputee... I think.
Omg it's twilight all over again
Ah yes. Werewolves vs Vampires
I saw that too. But I feel like his fangs weren't long enough. So im on the fence for that.
Billy's trust events are all about hinting at his backstory as a legendary rider in the outer rim. It implies he's holding back and faking a lot of his incompetence
And an old trailer (featuring his old goice actor) shows his old gang boss and that he gave billy "a name and a mission"
So theres some additional funfacts for you
I don't think he's faking it. He's a robot. He could just as easily been reprogrammed
I’m hoping they make a 5* version of him like in hsr…bc I love Billy but his playstyle is…lacking to say the least lol
"eradicate all evil. we decide what evil is" i love that
40k approved
@@silverhawkscape2677 i was about to say that
Red Flag!
@@MrSpartan993 I'd let Miyabi eradicate my evil (what does this even mean)
Here's a fun one. Eridu is (supposedly) the name of a city held dear to a Babylonian god of the abyss which was apparently everywhere just under the earths surface. According to one retiring HIA member who hires you to distract/eliminate ethereals while he harvests crystals. Those crystal structures support the entirety of the Eridu.
Little fun fact: lucy's little companion are not bangboo, they're boar thiren
I didn’t know that but it makes sense. They don’t look like bangboo at all. Thanks for this fun fact
And she yeets them around. 😂
She also feeds them uranium
I just use lucy just to have the piggies running around on the field.
It took me a while to get into ZZZ. At first, I was just like "this is a weird" and "why are there animal people?" and none of it seemed to fit cohesively. Then around the end of chapter 1 something clicked and I realized that the world was surprisingly well-written and the different factions all fit into the larger narrative. Just met Belobog Industries... they're a fun bunch and my favorite organization... and cannot wait to see where this is going.
Also, "Obol" refers to the ceremonial gold coin(s) that ancient greeks would use for their funerary rites, either placing the obols on the deceased eyes or under their tongue.
Oh that's interesting. I didn't realize that those gold coins had a specific name. This feels like it could be an important note to keep in mind. Thanks for this.
@@caffeinegg Granted, I know it because y Hades, that's the name of the currency you exchange with Charon.
Section 6 motto is "Eradicate All Evil"
AKU SOKU ZAN
HSO is basically the Shinsengumi.
Btw, this video appeared up on the front page of my 'for you' page, so congratz, seems like papa youtube has acknowledged your content :)
Oh cool, that’s good to hear. I’m still new to content creation, so it’s good to know I’m doing something right.
Same with me, keep up th good work
That boils it down way simpler for me to get thanks, also HSR's story is in a way simple to understand but hard because of all the mythology references in literally every crease of the story.
2:47 it made me shed tears the first time i found it in hollow zero. shit is surreal.
For real, it felt like something straight from a horror movie
@@caffeinegg This is just like a s.t.a.l.k.e.r. PDA recording. It's sad, but there's nothing you can do about it.
Whoa that tip about Billy's Jacket is a good catch!
As a Piper/Lucy main, i'm excited for when it's their time to shine in the story, maybe Billy will be there as well~
You've earned yourself a sub, entertaining lore vid, hope to see more lore in the future!
"good catch" my brother in Christ it's literally staring at you every time you play the character lmao
Haven't finished the main story, yet was still able to follow the video. Great work as always c:
Thank you so much. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
This video is well done. Seen so many lazy ZZZ vids recently looking for an easy cash grab. Im happy to find a vid that actually cares about the game more than i do. XD
I’m glad you liked it. ZZZ is personally my favorite hoyoverse game and it’s a shame that it’s not talked about as much as Genshin or HSR. Regardless, I’ll do my best to make good videos.
Thanks for this. I've just been story skipping so this is much appreciated
the mysteries about each characters past are rly the biggest thing keeping me on board.
this one's kind of a crack theory but I think Nicole could be related to Ms. Sarah in some way. The "prominent family" mentioned in Nicole's bio, and the fact she dnfed up back on the streets, and just the green eyes and black w/ gold accents outfit motif in their designs could be a correlation.
Characters are the most important part for a gacha game imo. I’ve also heard that theory about Nicole and it definitely makes me want to know more about her family history.
I hope all of the original void hunters will be playable. Though it's hard not to believe the theory that the pink haired girl at 4:03 has corrupted and became the boss Nineveh the more I look into it.
I've seen that theory too and I'm not entirely convinced it's her yet, but I wouldn't rule it out either. If we find out that she came from a rich family and loved flowers, then it would line up with the items in Hollow Zero. Also the idea that the original void hunters became special grade ethereals is an interesting idea, but I really want them to be playable. Thanks for commenting, it's fun to talk about lore and theories.
6:25 Spoilers for the ones that haven’t done the new quest below
YOU WERE RIGHT
I'm personally excited for the idol group faction we're eventually going to get. We don't know much right now but I'm saving for those girlies nonetheless :3
Thank you. This is the best one I've seen
Who's a character or faction you guys want to know more about?
I also did a recent video on Billy and Calydon. There's definitely some connections there.
@@lSkepticl Oh for sure, I hope we get to learn more about Billy's past when we meet Calydon.
Obel squad once there's more information. I really want Trigger to be a pullable character.
@@nano65114 I do want to see how Hoyoverse designs a sniper character. Could be a lot of fun
lucy and soldier 11. i hope we get like some lore on anby and soldier 11 being sisters. but my head cannon is that shes a clone of soldier 11 just slightly different.
nice explanation for someone new trying to get into it, earned a sub bro
Thanks for this. When i started playing i skipped the first bit until we met victoria housekeeping and was confused later on when stuff was mentioned i didn't pay attention to. Glad you summarized it!
1:31 I'm gonna look this up properly later but I think hollows has been around before that period, cause I think it's supposed to be a hollow that happened to appear around that time. Cause the way the stories hinting it, hollows has been around for like atleast an entire era which would prolly go back a very long way
It has gone longer than 46 years ago iirc from Rina agent quest
I think Hollow Zero is the name of the one that wipe out Old Eridu not the first ever Hollow, so you probably right.
@@Laplusismyoshi yeee
@@Son-dd3hc I think so too since the game did not say it was the first hollow just one of the largest ones
can't wait for more ZENLESS ZONE ZERO lore
I've been playing for around 100 hours across devices and I hadn't heard most of what you mentioned.
I am convinced that Wise and Bell are either the real children of or adopted by, the person who worked with the 7 hero's originally. I mean even those guys would've needed a guide right? So either there is an 8th that was their "proxy" that didn't get remembered because why would you remember the guide to the hero OR the white haired guy more literally created hollow exploration by creating the system those two use and they passed it down to them.
Basically either they're that guys kids, adoptive or biological, or there was an 8th member who they are related to that raised them and guided the hero's as a proxy. Barring time traveling I can't see any other way but I suppose it could be something completely different and completely insane. This is just my theory for now.
Joyous might very been their mentor
8:00 -- Belobog heavy industries is also probably a reference to the Star Rail Belobog (and both are named after some kind of Slavic deity apparently)
Really looking forward to see how the lore will develop, they’ve laid a pretty darn good foundation so far and there’s a ton of potential imo
Thank you so much for this vid. I am very interested in zzz lore but honestly i don't know much.
Looking forward to what zzz lore has to offer in future.
So how does one do construction in a Hollow considering the ever-shifting interior space?
"I would never pretend to be something I'm not"
the heroes are probably gonna be the equivalent to archons
Hope to see you uncover the mystery lore of Bad Guys like Silver and the Red Fang Gang, Vision Corporation with Pearlman and Ms. Sarah, the mysterious hired mercenaries and The Sacrifice
Keep it up! I enjoy your vid
Thanks a ton. I’ll do my best
informative, thank you
I wonder if thirens were created because of Ether corruption. Also could be that Victoria Housekeeping is just a front and in reality they are assassins (which seems heavily implicated to me).
Also as a side note, a playable Ethereal would be lit.
The origin of thirens is something I want to learn more about. I also agree that there’s also more to Victoria Housekeeping than what Lycaon told us.
A playable Ethereal would be amazing and it would be interesting to see how Hoyoverse justifies it lore-wise.
Not just Thirens, but theirs also Soukakku being a outright demon in appearance, you also have General Chop who we don't know what the heck he is, their are Elves too
9:30 yeah they are 100% military. Since Soldier 11's story already hints that. I think.
Im pretty sure hollows were a known phenomina before Hollow Zero appeared, cos Phaethons bangboo Eous belonged to their teacher before Hollow Zero swallowed Old Eridu
THANK YOU FOR THIS
i play the game 24/7 and get very lazy to read the information or lore so thanks for this 👍
Happy to help. My goal is to make this information as accessible as possible cause it's also easy to miss stuff too.
Not sure if I'll stick with ZZZ but i did miraculously get Zhu Yuan early and more interested in the world thanks to your video so I think I'll stick around a bit longer
Nice, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Great video, I needed this
Happy to be of service.
0:46 sigh
Sigh
I was about to comment something i thought was super cool about the Boar, but i was wrong it wasnt Hercules/Heracles but i got the boar and the lion all missed up again.
again so this is not the first time
@@Vii3Wishes if my life long goal of trying to be a know it all I tend to mix things up. Like did you knew Hercules was suppose to be at the Trojan war but he missed the boat.
2:33 this goes hard, i forgot its an anime gacha game.
So you're telling me that Cunny Hares is just like BA's Problem Solver 68?
Just a thought that I had an idea for but I’ve seen many people in the comments theorising about Bell and Wise’s parents possibly being to a member of the seven legendary heroes. Well another interesting thing to do with that is (please forgive me I can’t remember exact wording but I’ll try and phrase it the best) but they elude to wanting something in hollow zero? And having ulterior motives at times. Could this be that they’re related to the founder of Helios academy and their goal is to find out what happened to him? (Related to as in referring to multiple different ways rather than just if their biologically related, adopted, or just knew eachother) but that’s just a theory thanks for reading this :))
It’s a good theory. Something that supports this is that the HDD that Wise and Belle use was developed by the Helio Research Institute.
6:33 is that doctor and priestess?
Doctor Doom never fails to
2:50 it wont happen if you go in once, but multiple times for a long period of time
I like ZZZ because unlike Genshin or Star Rail, the stakes aren't really high and the gacha rates are generous enough to keep you engaged without turning you away
I don't like turn based games so Star Rail was immediately out of the question for me and Genshin wasn't bad I just couldn't really stick with the story
the periodic table section shows a dude bowing down
I love this but i cant be bothered playing it 😭😭
7:53 I thought you said "The Wiki is slacking." Which, in all honestly, is not innaccurate.
You heard right. At the time of recording, the wiki was missing so much information. It's gotten better, but there's still some missing info.
@@caffeinegg not to mention style problems, formatting, and needing a carrot to navigate the links
Thank you!
5:23 becuase they are what?
Narcs. short for narcotics agent. but in this context it just means that theyre snitches
Narks.
So, what is the Zen that is lacking in Zone Zero?
Also, what about Zones 1-9?
So my theory is that the zen are the friends me made along the way
where the hell is all this lore comming from?
deffinitly not from inside the game, I've never heared of those heroes and how they looked like, was there a trailer I missed?
Don’t worry I got you. The seven heroes are from the “Where the Miracle Began” trailer. There’s a bit of lore on the interknot posts and from lore items in Hollow zero. I also grabbed some lore crumbs from their twitter posts.
@@caffeinegg thx for telling me, I should had checked out the older trailers aswell, I only watched the single character trailers and the big one where we see all the silluets, this info makes the game even more interesting now then it already is! I can already suspect something brewing in the background!!!
Happy to help! But you’re right, it does feel like there’s something big that’s going to happen.
Phaethon is pronounced “pie-thon” not “fae-thin” lol, amazing video though my man
love that now that all the drama stuff is fizzing out my YT is pushing entertaining ZZZ content. my favorite character are Soldier 11 and Lucy , and i cant wait to learn more lore on them.
is Miyabi not the actual hero, but a descendent? is this confirmeed?
To be fair, you’re right. It’s not explicitly confirmed. When I wrote and recorded the script, I thought it was, but I could be wrong. I personally think they’re different people for now because I’m don’t think the timeline lines up.
As we get more information, I’ll make updates and corrections.
Haha OBOL Squad