VENTI : THE QUEEN [Genshin Lore, Analysis, and Character Study]
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: If the Queen Gnosis will be given to another PC, who should it be?
Do you get paid by Bilibili? Asking.
@@silverhawkscape2677 ye
@@ChillwithAster Well, at least it shows you are heading up on TH-cam.
As for who should be with the Queen Gnosis, someone who has the desire to push back strongly against the Status Quo which Currently is Keqing....
But all I will hear will be "enough procrastinating" and Venti will likely snatch it back from Her. Ningguang will just use it to make the Jade Chamber Bigger. Possibly the next Celestia in the sky.
queen gnosis probably Bennett or Razor
Not because of the benny x razor ship stuff
its just Razor feels so free living amongst his lupical
Bennett is also a free spirit that loves to adventure!
and they're also from the city of freedom.
As for the actual characteristics of a queen then I'd say Ningguang like you chose, or Ei
@@ChillwithAster Hello Aster. Careful now. A binch of people are cancelling artist commission of Filipinos over the Country's election results.
I think Venti knows what's happening which was why he didn't fight. He knows all stories & and tales, including future ones, so hopefully he knew what he was doing letting it go.
it's a good chance that it's true as he dose here the wind across the world and as the saying goes secrets flow in the wind
So he's doctor strange from infinity war
It’s been two years and we still don’t have his character quest 2. This guy must’ve known something
@@franta3531 ikr esp now with like 3 Mondstadt events alr
He did used to rule beside the god of time. There is a theory that as people of Monstadt began to worship Barbatos more and the god of time less the two became one in a way with Venti being the one of whom more remained.
This theory could explain the “I know all songs in Teyvat, past, present, and future.” Thing.
If this theory was true, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume he can peek into the future. Perhaps during his naps?
I’ve always found it beautifully ironic that the God of Freedom had the Queen gnosis. Yes the Queen piece is the one that is most free to move on the chest board but also the most constrained by the player as the most valued piece.
If we take this idea and apply it to Venti, he had the freedom to move however he pleased but was tightly constrained by Celestia as one of their most valued pawns.
Venti isn’t like the other archons too. He’s a child of a primal force which people seem to forget.
@@zerotodona1495 exacto
@@zerotodona1495 yup!
The God of Freedom but its restrained by higher power. The word irony doesn't even cover it.
@Giga gamer Yes, but the connection is implied, too much for it to be ignored
hoyoverse knows that the moment they release ventis second quest is when they are going to give some serious answers his value in the whole story is undeniable and since players are more likely to take their time with the story when they start playing he is the most iconic character in the whole game which why they can't afford to mess things up in a story involving him
They aren’t lol
@@Zombina638 they are
It's actually curious how Zhongli already had 2 story quests and was given some exposition when Venti still remains vague
All the archons we know of have 2 story quests while venti only has one, and that one story quest hardly gives us much information about his lore, I’m almost convinced in his next one will have a lot of answers (or more questions)
Zhong was more centred around aftermath and his influence on the combat aspect of the war
While Venti knows everything around the world, due to his synergy with Anemo to know whatever ppl are doing wherever the wind is
I have been wondering for a while now why people don't talk more about Venti's queen chess piece. It's suspicious as fuck. I think Venti getting his ass beat by Signora, losing his gnosis, and claiming that he's the "weakest of the archons" is just a bunch of red herrings to point us away from the truth. While your theory was more about Venti's gnosis being developed as a queen because of his beliefs of freedom and such, I actually believe there is more to it than that. While Venti isn't a pawn anymore, the queen is still a chess piece, which means it is still being manipulated by some unknown force on a board. I believe that unknown force to be Celestia, and the reason Venti's chess piece is shaped like a queen is because that's how Celestia views him on their board (so they designed it in that image when they granted it to him). He has a high value to them, probably because he's far stronger than he is letting on, and his connection to Istaroth the god of time.
They know Venti's true power but Venti doesn't want to bow to them anymore which is why he allowed Signora to take his gnosis. Like you said, Mondstadt will probably become really important once we start reaching the end-game of Genshin, and my prediction is that it's around that time when we will be able to see the true power and knowledge that Venti is hiding. I feel like a lot of the people who take the Signora beating up Venti and Venti telling people he's the weakest of the archons at face value will be in for a surprise. That freaking tone-deaf bard is not fooling my ass.
Although i agree he will play a huge part in the story as the most mysterious archon, i don't think he has that much power. Being important doesn't always mean you are powerful.
Venti is still definitely the weakest. He doesn't directly rule
@@randspaz9039 Vent could kill them all because he controls the wind, this man could easily suffocate, crush them with high air pressure and dropped them from really high up if he wanted to
since he has relations to istaroth being born from the branches of time wouldn't he also relate to primodorial one?
I like this point of letting his gnosis to be taken because he does not want to be a pawn of Celestia. It alligns with what he told Dvalin, what freedom really means when is demanded of you by a god? Maybe he was also talking about himself
I saw Venti and queen in the title I was about to say “YAAAAS VENTI MY QUEEN”
xD
xD
Omg same
Damm, venti is indeed the queen on the grand chessboard.
YASS QUEEN SLAY SLAY SLAY
SLAY YOUR ENEMIES-
If you look at Venti's Character Demo and pause at the part when Venti summons his lyre, it says "Full of Mystery, Born from the Branches of Time. A History of Glory and Sorrow, and Witness to the Divine."
Ah, I love this so much. As much as I love clown Venti being viewed by the fandom, I also love his Barbatos side. He always carried that wise air around him whenever he's in his Barbatos form. I really love Mondstadt and it's lore.
I get pissed when people say he's some stupid bard 💀 Some just don't understand the extent of his mystery
@@nourielsbeloved1508 Nah, it's a sign that they all fell for the Venti Persona.
I got hard looking at Venti.
Funny how the fandom generally depict Venti is much dumber than Zhongli, but Morax has canonically always been the type of god to brute force things. Morax is just very knowledgeable (retains memories like a rock), but he's not exactly the most intelligent (forgot to even set aside a nest egg before retirement).
Morax's logic was to beat up Barbatos for 6 hours (CN translation) when he found out that Venti tricked the Traveler to getting drunk. I hope we get more "blockhead Morax" featured in stories or events.
@@h.4315 haha true, a lot of people only see the Morax/Zhongli we have now after years of experience and finally finding some peace. Read his backstory and it’s a different matter haha. Venti has always fascinated me with his duality, behind the mischievous smile hides a lot of secrets.
Freedom as an ideal is the one that oposes the most against the idea of a God and adoration, the reason why Venti likes to be just another person among the many people in monstadt and for people to be free is the most meaningful act against the idea of control and superority celestia wants to impose to the people in Teyvat, and a great hint that mondstadt and Venti will probably be fundamental for the development of the story, whenever we fight back in oposition of celestia, probably influenced by other great rpg game of cult, Xenogears.
I don't necessarily agree with that idea of opposing the idea of a God and adoration. Not if it's what the individual chooses.
But against tyranny and injustice, freedom is a value. People have fought to be free to lead and what to believe. No one opposes just rule. Even Mondstadt is lead by the Knights of Favonius. A government by another name.
But as it goes, when Tyranny becomes law, Opposition becomes duty
But few people acknowledges that and sees venti as a shallow character. Sad but that is the genshin community for you
Also anemo elemental powers tend to control enemies so
@@cwdiode4521 crowd control in combat doesn't equate to control in the sense of ruling over others lmao. But go off. 🤣
@@silverhawkscape2677 but, as Dvalin says, freedom that is forced upon one is not freedom at all - which is why Venti allows him to continue as one of the protectors of Mondstadt; it's Dvalin's choice.
So while it's true that adoration and worship can be freedom if that's what one so chooses, so too can a forced freedom be a form of oppression.
His character get's always reduced to "drunk" and "lazy" but he has so much going on... like it's amazing 'cause we know Venti but not Barbatos, even MC says it in one of his voicelines "that was the first time we've seen him as Barbatos". Cannot wait for them to let us know more about him, we still don't even know who is mad at him for coming back (archon quest when we go to the tree for the first time and a storm eye appears for the first time)... so many mysteries.
part of what makes Venti so compelling is how deliberately "unreliable" a narrator he is: he makes a show of cutting himself short, of undermining his observations with self-deprecation, of emphasizing his "accidentally" revealing more than he "should".
A subtle side-effect of Venti's affected "unreliability" as a narrator is his alluding to we, the players, that we, the TRAVELER, are ALSO an unreliable narrator: Venti tacitly reminds us of the distinction between what Paimon (the true audience surrogate) knows versus what The Traveler knows. More, Venti casts doubt on what The Traveler BELIEVES they know (in a manner that is almost kind) by alluding to information he "assumes" we know already and then "walking it back" when Paimon voices her confusion.
The very first conversation between The Traveler and Venti begins with Venti's suggesting that they already know each other - this can be interpreted as Venti's mistaking us for our twin (doubtful), Venti's referring to our presence in Khaenriah, and/or even as an implication that The Traveler is not only missing "time" but "memories" (which is further suggested during the Electro Archon quest, with the quicktime breaking from a mental affliction, and again throughout the Chasm questline).
Then again, as we are given more and more lore on Istaroth and on the different worlds/domains of Teyvat, it is ALSO possible that Venti (like Dainsleiff in some trailer voice overs) is alluding to knowing the Traveler (and even BOTH Travelers)... through other timelines. There are allusions to the Abyss Sibling having rewritten time and having "completed their journey", the same (perhaps almost EXACTLY) journey their twin walks now. Multiple Timelines would also solve the issue of making "canonical" one twin as Traveler/Abyss Sibling over the other, especially if time loops are involved wherein either twin has had both roles at least once.
(but this is all highly hypothetical guesswork & assumes much from very little)
Yes, he’s an observer. Most likely because he knew things. During the Inazuma festival during all the mysterious letters, I’m intrigued by Venti’s attitude about the case, he immediately was like: relax, just wait, I got a feeling we will get more clues later at the right time. Throwing some crumbs here and there, like he knew that Moment is not going to happen before its time. Was Ayato telling him the details about the whole mysterious letter scenario, even its relation to the Inazuman Clans' history? So how close are they? How? For what?
His core personality is chill. And one of the logical reasons for one to be able to be that chill is because they don’t have the fear of the unknown, either he doesn’t give a f*** about everything or, he knew everything.
I think he gets the info from the wind, like Kazuha but in a better version (you know, how Kazuha can sense things that the wind tells him?) In mondstat, people talk a lot about wishes and stuff getting carried through the wind to Barbatos aka Venti, so basically, my theory is he knows legit everything because the wind tells him
@@thebeststar420 Venti says himself that the winds don't tell him everything, they don't obey or "listen" to anyone, not even him. At least not all the time, for the most part they do what they want. That being said, I think it's more than just the wind telling him things. And it's definitely more than "someone" telling him the going-ons of what happened at the festival.
Venti has been around for quite a while, after all, as he said. When you've lived that long you learn to have some patience. So I think this is more of him knowing that things will be revealed in due course, being patient enough to wait for it to be naturally revealed, and wise enough to know not to force it.
Of course, the winds probably told him some things, but I don't think we're giving the bard enough credit here. I love Venti because he is obviously a character who knows he's not the MC and is enjoying being apart of the story and watching everything unfold before him!
Alternatively, he’s nihilistic and just doesn’t care due to depression. Would explain his drinking problem and tendency to sleep for centuries at a time
@@aninterestinusername but he’s so cheerful and still quite has a healthy mindset (based on the info and interactions about Venti so far at least)? Idk much about depression though, so maybe you’re right.
@@TheDhanaMC it seems that he has smiling depression. This type of depression does exist, and people who suffer from it may look pretty cheerful and happy, but feel incredibly sad deep inside. Saying about his mindset, it’s really more or less healthy but still-
Venti isn’t that kind of person who will tell you how they actually feel, what their true thoughts are, and so on
The fact that venti always shows at the right moment and the right place makes me believe that he has either the skill to see the near future or to time travel, it would be possible due to the ties with the God of time.
What if venti already has another gnosis one provided by the God of time. I have the feeling that later on we will know about other 7 arcons representing the other side of the board and making it a total of 14 arcons which would also be a nice coincidence with the 14 herscher in honkai
there's also a great chance that honkai gods are the former god before archons and the unknown god is kiana in her herscher form.
Everytime I see the "venti vs signora" scene I can't unsee the fact that his hair didn't glow, boy wasn't even trying. I love seeing Venti/Mondstatd theories.
I saw some people in the comments saying that there are only 6 chess pieces but we have 7 archons, and I wanted to point out that maybe, mihoyo based the gnosis on the chinese version of chess, which has 7 pieces.
Although this is an old comment, I still want to point out that there is no such piece as "Queen" in Chinese chess, the closest one would be "Advisor" but that piece can only move in 3*3 square, which is against the value of freedom.
Nice observation of the hair color tho, I totally did not notice that!
@@hivison1304 Oh, I checked the wikipedia a bit so I may have missed that out! Good point!
umm... im pretty sure there are 8 pieces? which means were actually missing one also yes ik this is an old comment
@@wannabe_recluse6028 count them individually. Queen king bishop rook knight and pawn. So 6
@@lostpotato8363 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, 1 queen, 1 king. 8 pieces, and, due to watching a couple of other videos, it makes sense to me for there to be 2 of each except the king/queen
Also if you guys haven’t noticed, when you try to glide, the moment you open your glider wings you can actually see the anemo feathers falling from it and where are those feathers found in..... in Venti’s ult.
So Gliders are given Anemo power?
@@silverhawkscape2677 yup and that’s why we can glide because of the anemo power otherwise what was the point of this little animation
Let the Wind Lead….
I noticed those feathers, but didn't connect them to his ult. Now I can't unsee it
Gliders also originated from Mondstat. It is the only city so far that holds gliding competitions.
I know this is a old comment but I wanted to add that the wind gliders only work because Venti blessed them, without his blessing, they’re useless. That’s why those feathers appear, because of his blessing!
Venti definitely knows what is going on and I cannot wait until we get more lore about his relationship with istaroth. Venti 2nd story when hoyoverse.
IKR
Always love a good video regarding Venti. Sure he may be a drunk and seems incompetent, but he does impart some wisdom and is a good friend to the Traveler. Plus the possibility that the Traveler met Venti before they fell into a 500 year sleep is interesting, and that he knows more than he lets on. Especially considering he gave more information than the other Archons (as he is the one who tells us about allogenes, and that he doesn't fully trust Celestia). Also, does anyone notice that Mondstadt has to deal with the Abyss Order and the Fatui constantly?
Previous Grandmasters of the Knights of Favonious seem to always end up fighting the Abyss Order, going on long expeditions while doing so. So far, only one Grandmaster's campaign against the Abyss Order was told (during the Cataclysm) and then there's Varka's expedition. Seems a bit familiar when you read the lore.
I’ve noticed it also, the Abyss plays more of a role in meddling with a Mondstadt than anywhere else. They’ve been in the city itself multiple times, whereas only the fatui really have a presence in the other two nations cities. The people of Mondstadt actively deal with them also. Liyue and Inazuma haven’t had to, not that I remember.
@@gammaray1583 The Chasm is part of Lyue and the Abyss order is very much dominant. Not knowing how much you played in The Chasm i won't say anything more than this to avoid spoilers. :)
@@RejectedInch But you can say that what happened in The Chasm didn't really affect Liyue the way Abyss Order targeted Mondstadt, did it? I mean, yes, the Chasm is a growing problem, and a dangerous one indeed, but the people of Liyue could still go on with their day to day lives as long as they steer away from the Chasm .... unlike how Mondstadtian was directly attacked by hilichurls and stuffs while we're fighting Dvalin
@@teresatan8431 While the Abyss Order does have some tract in Liyue (the hidden chamber with the corrupted Archon statue and the Chasm) and have a small influence in Inazuma (Rifthounds), I do believe, for some reason, the Abyss Order targets Mondstadt mostly (from what I've seen). I mean, the statue that was stolen was an Anemo Archon statue, stolen previously from the Church of Favonius. The first thing they do when Dvalin first wakes up is manipulate him. The Abyss Herald targets Andrius. The Spiral Abyss (though this relation is very slim), is not far from the Mondstadt mainland. So perhaps Mondstadt has some sort of connection to the Abyss that we haven't discovered yet.
In a scene after the boss fight with Dvalin, Venti imbues him with an anemo energy ball, whose insides are invisible, so… maybe Venti, being the trickster he is, really did forge the gnosis for Signora to take.
He’s forged things before, so this seems more than probable to me, even more so, because he didn’t flatten Signora like a mere human is flattened by a god normally.
I love Venti (he is genuinely one of my favorite lore characters) and I'm glad he and Mondstadt seem so closely tied to the main story. Even the non Khaenri'ahn characters from there seem pivotal to the archon quest (Diluc specifically, but others have had some dealings. Like Razor dealing with the herald and rift hounds; Alice was friends with Gold; and we don't know much about Varka yet, like where did he go with so many troops?)
Speaking of Alice and the fact we know she and Klee will live for a long time, I wonder about her and where she's from/what she knows
It's cool to learn about the Queen's role in chess and knowing that Venti has that role too, as a bard weaving the stories he sees into songs for history, but also knowing them, past, present, and future. Makes me wonder if we will get to learn more about Istaroth in his part 2 quest, since in the part 2 quests for Zhongli and Raiden we were able to at least somewhat discuss the cataclysm and the archons' involvement (or lack thereof; I wonder just how much Makoto was "involved" in anything that happened during the cataclysm, and what exactly was happening in general).
I was thinking about Alice so what if her Story is similiar to Alice in wonderland were Alice falls into wonderland through a rabbit hole and meets all kinds of Strange creatures so maybe Genshins Alice has a similiar Story?
Chapter 0 is kinda weird to me, because it's explicitly chapter 0, not Chapter 1, so it makes me wonder a little bit, especially since the Travail trailer never said how many chapters to the Archon Quest there is, so it's left as a mystery. So what if the real the Mondstadt Chapter is much later on?
Maybe Chapter 0 is just a sort of foreword and isn't really dedicated to Mondstadt at all, and is just Venti deciding "hey, come and help me bring Dvalin to his senses and forget about whatever bigger Mondstadt plot that could be going on in the background that could probably need you to explore much of Teyvat and beyond beforehand."
This is purely speculation but I feel like lurking and pushing things along when needed is something istaroth & co does as a whole, such as in Ei's story quest. The abyss twin saying that they've always had enough time combined with Venti remembering them makes me think that one of them will intervene towards the endgame. After all, "the statues of the seven are silently awaiting the arrival of a noble soul, while thousand winds of time will soon unfold a new story"
TI think the gnosis are the trapped souls of the 7 sovereigns and the archons where able to tap in to there powers but knowing the power is corrupt and can control the mind bending it to do the will of the master the have no desire to keep them .. and venti never wanted his he never wanted to be the archon but there was no one left to take the seat .. funny thing is I have seen a story very similar to this one very very on a old PC engine game
Where'd you get that idea?🤔
Ngl interesting theory, but Azdaha is literaly the living Rock Sovereign so that kinda breaks apart your theory unless u got some explanation?
he is to young of a vishap to be a Sovereign Azdaha is not one of the Dragon sovereigns at all the sovereigns are over 5000 years long gone
@@Shon_- are you sure about that, I think the 7 sovereigns are dead not sealed, Azdaha is just 1 of the many other Vishaps that lived under the 7 sovereigns that fled in hiding after not wanting to live under the new Rule after the 7 sovereigns were slain. Those that didn't heed the new Rule were sent to the ocean by the Primordial One.
Azdaha hid deep in the mountains for 1000s of years, until one day he desired to live on the surface once more. Hearing this call of desire, Morax granted this ancient beast eyes and rules in order to live on the surface beside humans.
So Azdaha isn't one of the 7 sovereigns, but he may have been as old as they were.
Azdaha is only max 7000 years old and Divalin is only ruffly 1000-1200 years old so they can not be Sovereigns and if the sovereigns where being reborn where is the electro dragon and where is teh dendro dragon as we all know there will not be a dragon in Sumeru
Out of all the characters, venti seems to really care about the traveler. Ei, zhongli, etc are amused with us but don’t seem to care like venti does.
Ah, I always love a good lore video. Especially about Venti because he has so many layers to his character. I love both his carefree drunkard bard side as well as his knows-more-than-he-lets-on wise Archon side. I can’t wait to see what’s coming next in the story regarding Celestia, the Archons and how the Abyss and Khaenri’ah tie to everything
I think he's playing into a gamble by giving the Gnosis to Tsaritsa but in case it fails (which is most likely) that where the power of the Anemo Archon that he gave to Dvalin will come into play
i wish chess had some real lore. like, what the hell is happening? is this a civil war? a metaphor for a battle between light and shades? good and evil? wth is going on
nice video Aster!
@Harry Shade I want chess lore.
monopoly has no lore either, the bank just hands you a card that says you go to jail, no one bats an eye.
Chess has a history of being used as a way for generals to create military strategies. The Queen piece was only added later on.
…this randomly reminds me of when i started a cult with random af in chess club at my school (I was 12-13.)
We sacrificed gummy bears to the chess figures every week. We dubbed our cult the Order of the Oval Rectangle which believed (as a joke, of course) that the world was a yellow oval rectangle with a pink tower.
And in the school cafeteria, as an addition, we recorded little deranged 'mensa podcasts'.
The noodles were the people. The plate the world. The tablett the beyond-existence and everything around the tablett the beyond-beyond existence.
Of course our 'cult' had nothing to do with chess. We just used the club as an excuse to have meetups.
How did I get in the official chess school team? Dude even I don’t know.
"Venti: The Queen" I don't know why, but the title makes me giggle ;D
Imagine the archons dressing up as chess pieces and everyone is weirded out by Venti’s Queen piece costume.
Yas Queen
I kinda wanna draw venti as the queen he is now lolllll
@@cheese7119 Ooh, Venti in royal attire similar to that of queens, that's a good idea.
@@Ali-cya :D
Venti just doesn’t give any fucks lmao and that’s why I love him. He stays in his lane while helping others and protecting mondstadt but he doesn’t occupy himself with petty celestial drama or whatever bs was going on with raiden shitgun and inazuma lol.
If the queen will be given to anyone, give it a time and it will be perfect for the Kamisato siblings combined. Ayaka being the kind and gentle part while Ayato being the wits and intelligence and the tactical kind of strength.
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Dain said that the civilization there is older than Khaenriah, and we can also infer from stuff that it's along the same time with Enkanomiya.
Then why the hell is Barbatos's name in the document there? I can't for the life of me place when that said document was actually written but nevertheless, why is there a need specifically for Barbatos' name to be mentioned there. Venti is getting sus and sus every passing day. Lol.
DUDE THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKINg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! about the letter from the chasm. It's really really sus, wth
The letter from the chasm….I totally forgot about that!!Your point makes sense and the other names in the letter.So does this make Venti older than 2500 since the chasm is said to have formed when morax (6000 approx) was young .
@@shruthipolepalli2106 actually, we can't say for sure if its from the Chasm civilization or its written by Khaenriahns due to the fact that the husks are people from Khaenriah. Either way, it makes Venti real sus since it's tone is of somewhat reverence and admiration for Barbatos.
Edit: I also dont know if there's an evidence which states that wind spirit Venti's name is Barbatos. But I can tell for sure he is waaaay older than anybody else. If he's born from the branches of the leylines, its either he's really old or he's being reincarnated but the memories from his past lives are retained.
Him saying in his voiceline that he knows the stories of the past, present and future is what really gets me.
@@jikannomajo There's also something that bugs me a lot envolving Venti, Mondstadt, Khaenriah and Enkanomiya.
Enkanomiya uses greek based names, based on greek mythology. Istaroth was one of the goddesses in Enkanomiya before Orobashi came up, and Istaroth herself has ties with Mondstadt and Venti, okay.
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Mondstadt has german/nordic based names. When Venti and Venessa set Mondstadt free from the aristocrats, they created the knights of Favonius(EN)/Zephyros (KR/JPN/CN). Favonius/Zephyros is a greek/roman name. Also gladiators are related to greek and roman culture, and it's known that the Thousand Winds Temple (for Istaroth) was near the coliseum Venessa and other slaves were battling. Favonius/Zephyros is the god of the west wind in greek/roman mythology and in the game this name is referencing to Venessa as the falcon of the west. Andrius is Boreas (another greek name), the wind of the north. Why give greek names for the winds in Mondstadt?
About Khaerin'ah, is that they use german/nordic names, as Mondstadt (should) use. They have too many ties to each other. And we know names aren't random for hoyoverse.
Also abyss language is based in Latin, as well as roman based names.
See what I'm trying to say?
TOO SUS
You know how Venti knows every songs and stories in the past, present and future? Remember in Venti's line when meeting traveler? He said they "meet again". What if he's not talking about the missing twin? What if he said it because he saw with his chrono vision about their soon-to-be adventure with the traveler and what will happen in the future before hand? It's like deja vu for Venti❓❓❓ (๑°o°๑)
I do think that Venti knows the past, present and future but I think he said they "meet again" because he might have already met them in Khaenriah(before the destruction of Khaenriah of course) this would also explain Dainsleif already knows that Venti is Barbatos and why Klee's mom, who is a friend of the person who made Albedo, sent her daughter to Monstadt and not anywhere else, because she already knew Venti and the type of person he is.
What if Venti made it where Albedo and Kaeya ended up in Monstadt, kind of like a place for them to take refugee, he clearly know where they're from and how sus they are, but he lets them roam around freely without any interference.
“But his slumber might not be of his own volition either” [pulls out my ‘celestia has been forcing venti to sleep in order to control him’ theory]
Venti’s character story in a nutshell: This is the story of a man named Stanley
Venti worked for Celestia in a big world called Teyvat, where he was "the god of freedom".
When Venti story quest act 2 drops, the community will lose their absolute mind
Yaz Kween Venti 🌬️
I knew all along Venti knows more than what he shows. He just had to let the time flows naturally according to order, and unfold each moment at a perfect timing just like what he did in the Inazuman Festival. I remember that he stopped Albedo from painting another character as he said there might be something new that would make the next story clearer.
you are so right venti is a queen
I've always been intrigued by him being represented by a Queen and also him not attempting to fight back at all for his Gnosis. I've delved deep into the lore to learn about him, learning more about Khaenri'ah and Istaroth and the phanes. I'm glad other people are looking into it too. He's always been a observer, only stepping in when his ppl ask for it.
until Istaroth appears in the story, she will forever be Venti's deadbeat drunken mom to me.
Has somebody referred to the fact that a mysterious letter in the chasm has mentioned Barbatos?
The thing is, that letter is found in a room that is upright, while the rest of the buildings in that cave are upside down
All the buildings seem to be older than Khaenriah
What I want to point out is, the queen piece might really refer to his ability of being everywhere, or even in a point of time whenever he decides it to be. Barbatos is recognized by whoever wrote the letter, and this letter has the possibility of being written pre-Archon War by someone from some obscure underground civilization.
@@zond3381 Imagine if there was one god in two persons. What if Venti was both the god of time and wind. With the Venti side being the god of anemo and the time side being his other persona.
@@silverhawkscape2677 I kinda have another theory... although it's quite crack honestly: what if Kairos borrowed the name Istaroth from someone else and used it as their persona? Like Kairos could have had their own Goetic name, but for an unknown reason they used another name. Crack, but imagine...
Venti knows too much for mihoyo to not jail him at lore basement 99.99% of the time traveller/players *need* explainations x'D
Another quick idea to consider for why Venti let's Signora take the gnosis so easily and doesn't attempt to try and get it back- maybe he let it get stolen on purpose- not for any master chess game but kind of as a surrender. Maybe Venti knew that as long as he had his gnosis. He, and therefore Mondstat, would be targeted. He's all about peace and freedom for his people. Maybe seeing Dvalvin corrupted and in so much pain made him realize more of his friends and people would be hurt if he clung to the gnosis so he just surrendered, while keeping away as many people out of it as possible. That's just my two cents tho.
I like how you compared Venti's sacrifice to the game and I agree with you on the fact that when Signora stole his Gnosis he probably wanted that to happen and he already knew it would. But what actually makes me believe there is a bigger plan behind his actions is the fact that, as you said, the queen is the most important piece on the chessboard: nobody would sacrifice it like that, and it would never be the first piece to be sacrificed, unless the player knows what they're doing. I think that every piece is going to sacrifice itself while the pawns (the travelers) weaken the enemy, in order to create an opening on the board to let the pawns reach the end and achieve the power to become whatever they want. I can already see the traveler using the Gnosis to unlock their full potential.
I can also see Venti not caring for his Gnosis at all as he is the Archon of Freedom. For freedom to exist, everyone's freedom must be limited to make sure it doesn't limit others'. Hence why Venti chose not to actively rule in his nation: ruling as a monarch would take away freedom from his people and it would make him similar to the Tyrant who used to rule over Mondstadt. To achieve freedom, his own freedom must be limited just as much as the people of Mondstadt's is. Losing his Gnosis would only make him much more similar to them and he would also lose his influence and his right to rule.
The symbolism of chess board was always my favorite, looking forward to the series!
Venti said that vision holders could ascend to God-hood, just how like pawns can be promoted in chess
-when they reach the "other" side's end. so, is celestia the other side of this whole story? (not the abyss instead)
ooh!!! i hope this becomes a series that covers all the archons 🤤
See you in 7 years
@@ChillwithAster i
🌸🌺I was hooked from the moment I heard Venti’s voice and shall now proceed until the end!🌺🌸
venti is my fav character so i love this videos, every thory abt him is so good, it really fits his character, that goofy person that hides so much more that he lets on, these kind of characters can be the most dangerous
The queen is the closest to the king
If we take the queen as venti and king as celestia ,then no wonder Venti’s statue is a gateway to celestia
The bit about Ventis backstory was such a revelation moment ! Great analysis as always
This is why venti is my favorite archon. So many people say he's hiding a lot more than he seems to hide, and he's secretly evil. But I just can't bring myself to believe that, Venti is my favorite genshin character in the whole of teyvat and I appreciate his existence so much.
I have always longed for something in my life, but I never knew what it was. It was as if, something was completely missing. And after years and years, I had to come to realize it was freedom. Though I don't have many issues such as family issues, or any other problems in school, freedom is something that I simply adore.
Freedom, just escaping from responsibilities but of course doing the responsibilities whenever I feel like doing it. I also seem to like the wind, as it gives me a glimpse of nature and just makes me so fresh. Seeing venti, being the archon of wind and freedom, just makes me love him even more.
Not to mention, his playful-like personality, is even better. I absolutely adore his personality, it's so cheerful and I love how he helps his people, or even other people. I'm hoping to look forward to his second story quest, funny enough, I once took a quiz and it said I kin venti. If that wasn't enough, I took a "which vision are you" or like which vision would you have in genshin impact, something like that.
And it was anemo, THEN I DID "which archon are you" and it was venti 😭 Believe it or not, me and venti's personality is actually alike. And I mean REALLY alike.
I love helping people, as much as I can, while I still have so many hidden things about me that I have yet to reveal to anyone, and I mean I have revealed this to no one. Not even my family members, friends, or anyone. Only I know them, but I always hint at them. It's fun hinting.
Heck, I even relate to Venti's tragic backstory.
Anyways, venti is basically the most perfect genshin impact character for me. But, the only thing that I dislike is his alcohol addiction, since I'm a muslim. If venti didn't drink or anything like that, then maybe. He really would be perfect.
just how many times have i wished for him to actually come to real life..? knowing well that i'm in reality and nothing like this exists. maybe, but that's my only wish. as maybe, just maybe, venti's the only person who can bring me true happiness and make me feel joy.
From now on I will show this to everyone who says "venti's so weak, he even lost against signora" without it being a joke
out of all the archons, Venti is interesting when it comes to lore along with the Tsaritsa, it is them who might help the traveler know about everything that happened. Mihoyo is going hard with the lore, i thank them for that.
Oh god I thought it was you acting like you woke up and not Venti in the beginning...
Do you think the older electro , dendro , hydro,etc archons have different ideals ? I always thought that makoto and ei both were the god of eternity but they just had a difference view about eternity
Yep ! Sumeru has Woods, and allegedly according to hint in lore, Makoto is Transience but I'm never sure
@@ChillwithAster It makes sense, considering the ones you stated, but you also have to consider the current Hydro Archon. Fontaine was always known as a region of justice, so with the new Hydro Archon, perhaps the view of justice could be corrupted, which could explain why the Oceanids, servants of the original Hydro Archon, left Fontaine.
Speaking of, how is the next Archon chosen? Is it a surviving god? or does a person with ambitions close to the characteristic they represent the one that is chosen?
@@silentspirit8923 The idea of a "corrupted" justice is also hinted by Endora, the little spirit escaped " poisoned waters" that we help . That would also explain the Rhodeia's rage . Interesting.
@@silentspirit8923 I think the idea of choosing the next archon is straight forward. Whoever the next in line who currently exist in the human realm which the humans revere, has the ability and prowess to stand in the position, and most importantly the willingness to handle a nation of humans. So far, we can tell the huge gap in terms of elemental manipulation/purity from being a god compared to being a human.
Edit: However, the original 7 are the only ones fated to be THE gods (looking by the constellation). Only Venti and Zhongli has the word Dei on their constellations. Maybe the subsequent ones are just there to fill in the positions for the sake of humans.
@@jikannomajo you have a point, especially considering Ei was not the original Electro Archon, and her constellation bring "Shadow Empress." I think Kusanali's Constellation might be different than the original Dendro Archon's.
This video was soo well done, you brought together every thought I’ve ever had about our lovable bard. He really is always just there, knows more than he ever lets on and guides people along.
I’m very sad I lost his 50/50.
As bitter as I am that I dont have Venti, I really love him. His story is still shrouded in shadow and I feel there would be something unraveled when the story takes us to Snheznhaya [i dont know the right spelling for that place!] to meet the Tsaritsa. I'm looking forward to it. :D
I wouldn't be surprised if Zhongli and Venti both coordinated the loss of their Gnosis, whether with Tsaritsa or as a ploy around her.
Unlike wisdom, justice, eternity, and **guttural noise.**
When I saw the thumbnail I thought💅 YeSs QuEEn VeNTI SLaY
FYI in Gnosticism.
the second entity or Queen is Barbelo and it is pronounced Barbatos.
also if you look at honkai, the gnosis are the herscherr cores. they need to be collected to open the door to celestia/kheanriah. So the archons know the humans need to take them. emphasis on human not traveller.
I’ve always had a feeling venti knows way more than he lets on
101 reasons why Venti is one of the best, if not *the best* Genshin character:
I can't think of someone more fitted for the queen then Venti!!!!
I think Venti being able to thwart the Traveler from Celestia from having a positive connotation to a negative one successfully is because at that point, the Traveler is like a sponge. They are in a new world and this new world works differently. Much like how when we are born, as babies, our brains retain everything like a sponge because this is all new to them, the Traveler had no choice to really challenge Venti on the information because they had no option to begin with. The Traveler has to take Venti for his word and I guess subconsciously, they see Venti as reliable for that reason. At least that's how I would be like if I was in the Traveler's shoes. Just a thought.
i love ur venti videos so much you do him so good
tbh I thought it was Aster saying Venti’s Voice Lines at the beginning because they both sound so Similar omg
i just know this is gonna be epic
Venti and Scaramouche: *Say one sentence*
Aster: SUSSY BAKA
I really enjoyed this Video! good work asther you're amazing :>
YAASSSS QUEEN SLAYYY💚
I will always admire Venti's style of "goberning" his people compared to the other archons. Instead of defending the people directly every time and making them dependent of a god, he help only when needed and founded a region that could defend itself without counting on a god. When I finished the Liyue quest I found very funny that the Qixing was learning to do exactly that as Zhongli decided to retire. Venti did the same centuries ago, but he is a drunk bard and Zhongli is a genius for all I see online. And his policy of no fighting is amazing, he has avoided so many disasters just by not wanting to fight intead of risking his people. He might not have thrown stone spears around but his power and influence with his words are arguably more powerful that Raiden's or Zhongli's powers if you ask me. Very looking forward for Hoyoverse to unravel more things about him.
I really want his next story quest to be more like ei n zhonglis 2nd story quest. ( + the epic cutscene, like the one with the glass memories in eis ) not just some dude named Stanley.
This brings me to my thought that the final archon quest will be ventis. He was the first archon we met and he will be the last. And yk how his statue says " gateway to celestia ", yea, it's not the statue, it's venti. It's to detour ppl.
I've noticed how venti specifically ties to almost all lore in the game somehow. I'm just quite nervous mihoyo won't touch on any of this because I'm quite adamant on all of these theories being true. But mihoyo being mihoyo will leave plot holes.
I've known for such a long time the importance of venti and his power. I'm really hoping we see him use his full power ( I also wouldn't mind a barbatos skin hehehe )
I loved watching this video though because EVERY SINGLE THING YOU SAID! I have been saying and now I don't feel stupid. I used to think it was just me forcing myself into making things up just because of my bias towards venti. But now I know ITS LIKE 99.9% TRUE! OTHER PPL R SEEING THIS!
I've known for so long he is the most important character in the game ans I can't wait for it to turn much darker and venti being that light we need kinda know.
Just crossing my fingers that mihoyo don't detour away from all of this and do what they always do and centre everything around the traveller.
I'd love to see your updated opinions on the gnosis situation after the new releases video with the harbingers, the whole queen situation in the corner. I've seen many theories about that.
Please do more videos like this for the other gnosis! 😁
I love your videos sm, same for ashikai and klementime!, I can't wait for the endgame being around the statue of Venti saying its the gateway to celestia or something
First time we saw his he kinda just poofed out via idk wind or something?
So when his vision was taken it's possible he could've just goodbye-d outta the situation, and maybe take traveler with him too.
Yes! Thank you for the video! >w
I think that venti knows what is going on. I don't have any solid theory or proof to back it up, but take a look at the 2 other archons we know. They don't seem to really care for losing their gnosis, not just only Venti. It gives me a feeling that a storm is brewing, and the archons, atleast those that we have interacted with, is not there to stop it. Rather, they are just waiting to see the spectacle. Venti didn't show much restraint or concerns when her gnosis was taken; Zhongli willingly traded it off for his people's future, knowing that the power of a gnosis may even be the pivoting point of a sky rending destruction that will not leave Liyue unharmed; Ei easily disregards her gnosis, showing that it is merely a tool for her to reach her goal of eternity, and when that goal does not require the gnosis, she simply gives it away to yae for safe-keeping, as if it doesn't matter at all. The archons are playing the long game, a game against celestia. Perhaps celestia wronged them in some way, or they harbor distaste is how celestia handles things(the nail), or they believe a change of ruling is well in order, or they are just there to witness a great spectacle. Muffled thunder rumbles behind the constant roar of the midnight rain, one might be ignorant enough not to believe that something isn't lurking out there.....
THIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEOTHIS VIDEO I STAN THIS TY FOR MAKING THIS OMG I LOVE VENTI SO MUCH THIS IS GODSEND UR DOING GOD'S WORK ASTER ILY AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Not the undertale BGM 😢🥺 but I like how you presented your opinion.. ❤
Also: I feel bad for skipping other quests I only get serious when Venti’s involved. 😂
Venti is *kinda* like (the) God in the Bible, always watching and caring for his people, but not intervening except when great -sh**- disasters occur
Seemingly silent but in truth is always watching...
@@silverhawkscape2677 yup
If you really read bible carefully all archons are in some point are taking the character the God of bible.
Bible says:
*He is the spirit of freedom, which is venti’s ideal. (Ref 2 Corinthians 3:17)
*The Supreme Judge and giver of law, the hydro archon.
(Read book of number and Leviticus, tons of law and punishment. Psalm 50:6 “For God himself is judge”)
*The God he keep His covenant and the rock of His people , kinda Geo archon.
(Ref Deuteronomy 7:9-11)
*The God of war, the pyro archon’s trait. (Exodus 15:3 “The Lord is man of war”)
*The God of eternity, eternity that Ei seek.
(He is the alpha and omega, doesn’t have beginning nor ending. To those who believe Him, he grants everlasting life)
*The God of wisdom, the dendro archon.
(Ref book of proverbs and Ecclesiastes. “From his mouth come knowledge and understanding)
*God of Love, which was the cryo archon before she changed.
P.S It seems God only do miracles in emergency time. But if you study carefully, He is always working, intervening
and warn people but human heart is too numb till they realize too late, doomed by their own efforts and then finally cry to God for help.
Sorry for long comments 😝
@@riveroftigris7206 Don't forget Justice as well.
Interesting that while the Archons are named after Demons, they also end up possessing the traits seen in the Biblical God.
For the question you asked, I think yae miko could fit the role of the queen
yes queen!!!
sorry all i can think about is yassified venti with someone in the distance yelling "YASS QUEEN SLAY" when I read the title.
Everyone in Teyvat playing regular chess while Venti is playing 4D chess lol. Makes me really convinced that he gave Signora a fake Gnosis.
that glitching in the video when telling venti's titles how clever aster
I think that if the queen gnosis were to be given to another character, I think it’d be fitting to give it to Kazuha.
The Queen’s symbolism is freedom, and aside from Venti, Kazuha is the most free character in the story. He has no connections to anything major.
No family in Inazuma to go back to, and no true desire to stay with the Crux.
He just freely wanders and watches, making poems as he goes from place to place.
Freedom doesn't mean to have no connections and wander freely. There will always be responsibility and a moral compass. The ultimate version of freedom is chaos, nothing linking, no bounds, no needs, only desire, unchained desire
@@neutralplayeroflol5722 so who would you propose to be the one that the queen gnosis should be given to?
Venti my beloved
Signora might be a fatui harbinger, but venti is still a god. I find it very hard to believe that signora can just come out of nowhere and steal venti’s gnosis, meanwhile all venti can do is pull a few gusts of wind and some comebacks. Coming from the god who once sliced mountains in half, there is 100% some planning behind this. Venti definitely knows a lot more than he puts on. He also seems to know how everything will happen, why it will happen, and when. But he also treats everything like it’s no big deal. The only type of person who can achieve this personality is someone who doesn’t fear the unknown, and how do you possibly not fear the unknown without also knowing everything there IS to know. Venti is tied with years of wisdom, and perhaps many many years beyond his own time after being closely tied with the literal god of time, Istaroth. This could be a very good reason as to why he knows nearly everything. He also never explicitly explains the answer, he only gives hints as if he’s been guiding us to something greater this whole time, and as if he’s observing our own reactions to the issue like he’s testing us or something. Perhaps he might be testing us for something far greater than we could imagine. With the new addition of the archon of wisdom, Nahida, it’s also very suspicious that she doesn’t say much about other archons and their own history, being a god who can look into the past of the world. Unlike the voice lines of the other archons, Nahida doesn’t speak about each currently available archon. Instead she speaks of them as a whole, as “The Seven”. But she never even really speaks about them then either, she only speaks about hopscotch and shy intimidation. However, Nahida’s version of how a god’s power is derived is different from Venti’s. It’s hard to choose which one to believe when you don’t know much about either. Nahida is just a reincarnation of the previous dendro archon, and when she wipes the world’s memory of Rukkhedevatta, the other archon’s voice lines about Buer (God of Wisdom) don’t explicitly explain whether they are talking about the Greater or Lessor lord. This could also mean that the greater lord might have known things similar to venti, and that’s why they also chose to surrender. Nahida is very well rooted with the memory bank of the entirety of Teyvat, but Venti is also rooted with a god who knows all about time. So when they both give different explanations about a God’s power, it seems very suspicious, and it makes you wonder which you should believe. Nahida could very well be correct. But what if the knowledge that Venti has tied to Istaroth explains things that were lost to time, things that could have perhaps disappeared from Irminsul. And this might explain why they have different explanations for a god’s power. Or perhaps Venti is hiding darker, more sinister secrets. And maybe instead of awaiting his calls, maybe he is the one that really shouldn’t be trusted.
Here's the question I have:
There are seven archons, one for each element. There are six types of chess pieces. Rook (or castle), Knight, Bishop, Queen, King, and Pawn. Cross off Queen for Barbatos. Cross off Rook for Morax. I believe Raiden's gnosis is shaped like the King. That leaves four regions (Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, Snezhnaya) with three chess pieces (Knight, Bishop, Pawn). What happens with the leftover? Honestly, probably the Tsaritsa, and maybe something happened to her gnosis, but if we follow the pattern, that still wouldn't explain what it was before something happened to it, yknow? Also, I think it would be really cool if the Dendro Archon was being manipulated or smth (due to their "young" age), and had the pawn gnosis. However, in chess, if a pawn crosses the board completely onto the other side, it can change into any other piece, usually a queen. I'll leave off with that ig.
There is one problem with the theory that raiden has the king gnosis, THE PAWN CANNOT PROMOTE INTO THE KING! Which means that no one should be able to use electro other than the Shogun, which we obviously know is not true
Naaaah Raiden's gnosis ain't the king, you flapping?
I remember someone (it could’ve been Venti himself) once said that Venti knows every song; past present and future. I believe this furthers the theory that Venti is just observing what happens as he knows what will happen. He makes songs from the stories of the world, so if he knows the songs of the future: he knows what happens in the future.
I think it was one of the guards at the mondstat gates
I can’t believe that venti really pulled a Botez gambit lol
Watching this video back post Sumeru and you had me thinking. It seems all the gods gave their gnosis willingly. I wonder how that'll play out in the grand scheme of things.
one thing i think is interesting about specifically the ideals, is that the liyue and inazuma quests were, ultimately, about both the archons and the people wanting freedom from the archon’s ideal
I don’t mind if Venti’s Second Story Quest comes during Fontaine or Snezhnaya coz if so we’re gonna get a sneak peak on his life on Celestia
The statue in Inazuma city isn't actually Ei, and is in fact the god of time. We learn about the connection between eyes of the storm and the god of time, and the necklace on the statue very much resembles an eye of the storm. The statue is referred to as "the statue of the omnipresent god," which makes sense because time is omnipresent 🙃.
would also make sense since The God of Time is the one who helped Makoto plant the Sakura tree.
SLAYYYYYYY VENTI
I hope we learn more about that when Venti's 2nd story quest arrives!
7:39 you first find dainsleif in monstadt too
Venti, ma queen
i feel like venti could do the dvalin thing himself but decided to find a hero
"No one knows what is going on inside the players head except the plater themselves."
No the fuck I don't.