i also had to laugh at scara in his big ol hood

Lyney has a voice line that tells us he’s secretly been chosen already to be the next leader of the House. That’s most likely what “king” refers to. He’s not a fan.

The stuffed bat, is the mother. She has a halo because she pretends to be good.

i had to laugh when josh said "dont say that!" when daniel was just speakin facts XD

Arlecchino's story quest is going to be SO GOOOOD!!!!

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I'm super curious about the curse and how it works! Since we knew the gist of this past for quite a while from a world quest, I'm personally most impressed by the song. Hope they do a separate upload on it. I'm sure the in-game storytelling and cutscene will make more impact now after this. Beside the 'Mother' likely hurting her own daughter and the making of the 'King', my first thought after watching was: Why was she so weak, and with the hairstyle of the dead too lol I guess the harbinger ranking wasn't a thing yet.

The friend seemed like she wanted to lose. She said thank you. She must have encouraged Arlecchino fight back. As for the current kids, Lyney has lines that she is training him to take over.

That kick held years of restrained teenage rebellion. Also, seeing Arlecchino (Peruere) still had the curse even as a kid until otherwise confirmed only makes the question of what she is more interesting. Don't know if you guys did the Caterpillar quest so I'll save the speculations.

the "super armor" is not "every Harbinger has it" Childe = his "super armor" is not gift from Tsaritsa aka Delusion but his Abyss power he got after training with Skirk (it's explained in Childe ingame character stories if you unlock his friendship levels). His delusion let's him use electro but he is still in human form. Signora = her "super armor" is her molten flame powers not delusion. She is/was 500years old at least, she mastered some forbidden magic arts/powers so she can be "immortal" and clean the world of villains/filth/evil people/etc. (since Archons can't do it in her opinion. It's tied to how she lost her beloved one during massive attack on Mond 500years ago) That's why people started calling her cursed witch of flames since she was constantly in her boss form walking around and murdering thugs, etc. Her delusion give her cryo powers so she can regulate the body heat/self-destruction of her molten flame powers that is double-edge weapon Scara is just lite/prototype of Raiden Shogun. His gundam/robo version is something that was build recently in Sumeru. So he has no "super armor" form. I don't even remember if he had vision during his career as Harbinger. It was also mentioned that not everyone can use Delusion so it was probably the case for previous Arlecchino. She had only Cryo power and was good with sword.

The moment the story started I was reminded of Naruto. There’s a couple organizations in that follow the “kill your found family as a final test” line of thinking. As you can imagine, it leads to messed up people. 💀

I think her friend, Clervie, started the fight, then threw herself on the sword. Suicide by duel.

That dismissive comment about "grotesque wilted flowers" was about Clervie and the other kids who didn't make the cut. Good riddance to that false "mother."

There are world quests in both the chasm and sumeru with other fatui children that say the moment they have doubts or try to escape the family they are marked for death. One even requests that we do it because they don’t want to die running.

I’m pretty sure Clervie (Arlecchino’s friend) is the biological daughter of their “Mother”. Hence her question of “Do mothers always argue with their daughters?” It’s safe to assume she wasn’t a good mom and likely even physically abused Clervie. She had lots of bruises and injuries. I am very curious about how this will be incorporated into her Story Quest, and to finally get a look into how she personally justifies what she’s doing and what she believes in. Arlecchino’s story is looking great so far! I love how the previous Knave made her so ardently detest the very idea or concept of motherhood, and caused her conduct herself in the very opposite manner. Also wonder why it was Pierro, Scaramouche, Signora, and Capitano present specifically. Is it about timeline, so not all Harbingers had joined yet? Is it about whichever Harbingers were present in Snezhnaya at the time? But wouldn’t that include Pulcinella (the literal mayor of the nation)? Idk, I thought it was interesting xD I love the Harbingers so I’ll take what I can get lol. This was SUCH a cool video. I can’t wait to delve more into Arlecchino and all the other Harbingers in time :’D Keep it up, y’all!!

I love the animation! And I also get broken vibes from her.

also she couldnt have been that young cause Ajax got the moniker/nickname "Childe" from the other harbingers for being the youngest to become a harbinger, and he was about 14-16 (fell into the abyss at 14 and was recruited to fatui shortly after) i do wanna know the significance of only Scaramouche, Signora, Capitano, and Pierro being there for her ascension. we know Childe wasnt yes since shes older than him and hes been a harbinger for about 5 years. but what about dottore? we know hes the one who recruited scara a LONG time ago, or at least knew him 400-500 years ago, so what was he up to? same questions for the two shorter gals and the very short grandpa.

Fremi has blue eyes btw

Childe's Foul Legacy is abyssal power he learned from Skrik, who got it from Surtalogi. Its not a Fatui thing, unless you just meant using a dillusion. If so, not every Fatui/Harbinger has/uses one. Especially they don't have a Vision to balance it out.

i can not wait anymore... i want arlecchino now.

King means likely the graduate of this round of children before she does it again

the reason for the killing is because of the reason why the house of hearts was built. it's like Gu. You put all kinds of poisonous bug in a jar and wait for only one to come out which will be the strongest poison of them all, the king poison. (that's also I think the origin of this kind of story trope/super soldier tropes) The last fight was between the two best friends, the rest are dead. Arlec is the only one that has the rights to claim the king title and kill their 'mother'. But at the same time she is also taking out her anger on her because of the same said killings. What I think is that they're just following their orders even if they're confused as hell, but she snapped when she finally killed her bestfriend because it's now happening in front of her and the deed was done unlike before that the idea of killing their 'siblings' were just ideas they had growing up (they were cultivated to have those in their mind after all) As for why the Mother is fighting back if the House's plan is to create a King that will replace her, there's 2 possible reason. 1) she said to listen to her and she'll make her the king: meaning the house plans to cultivate a 'king' not a replacement for the 'mother/harbinger' role. 2) it's like any other job out there, she just don't want her position to get replaced because now Arlecchino is qualified to take the position of harbinger from her, killing Arlec means she will still stay in power, at the same time killing Arlec also is still not against the Tsaritsa's plan-- because if Arlec got killed that only means she's a failure and is weaker than the current Harbinger. 3) Other forms... those are not exclusive to the harbinger so it's not known if Mother has one of those like Arlec's Spider form / Childe's armor form.... it's because those are powers they have for themselves not granted by Tsaritsa-- it didn't come with the role of the harbinger... Arlec's form was derived from her crimson moon curse while Childe's form came from his Foul legacy that came from out of teyvat... Signora on the other hand's final form is just her using her Witch's flames which she sealed using her cryo delusion.

@17:10 Her necklace is a Lumidouce Bell, one of the Fontaine local flowers. Bonus points (Spoilers?): In the description of the Lumidouce Bell is this line; "Lumidouce Bell is said to represent parting and the wish for reunion." and in the 4.6 preview art there is a girl hanging out with the Hearth Trio who looks suspiciously a lot like Peruere's late friend Clervie.

"Don't say that!", said the one who said "This girl is gonna die" 🤣

I'm a huge lore nerd in everything I consume, so I feel like I could write an essay in the comment section right about now, but it seems you also lack critical information and it's not my thing to just drop everything on you without considering your quest progress in general. I can't stress the importance of WQs enough, especially since Inazuma (which has a hidden WQ line which you could do before 4.6 if you look it up). They were always important and there are still loose threads in Mondstadt for example, but the way the writers weave everything together just gets smoother and smoother, Fontaine is kind of a new peak for that. Even Hangouts reached new heights again and again for me, even though I like all of them. For now I have to bottle up my excitement and keep on glancing at your quest log whenever you open it up in Genshin or HSR to figure out if you have finished something or not. Your more slow-paced playstyle has an upside, though, because through your playthroughs I can revisit certain content at a later time and do what Dottore wanted to achieve - add the variable of time into my thinking :D It also gives me the opportunity to perceive the content in a way I would never be able to as just one person. That said, I look forward to your future uploads and I also really hope that one of Arlecchino's voice lines or character stories reveals the name of the pet spider she had.

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Childe Transformation is from the Abyss not from delusions only him between the harbingers have it

The "King" is the Director of the House of the Hearth. "Ours is a kingdom consisting only of children, and "Father" is our king. No king rules forever, of course, and I know that one day I will be chosen as "Father's" successor... But that also terrifies me... Please don't mention this to anyone, especially my sister and Freminet." - Lyney's About "Father": King voiceline. We're also assuming that once he does become King, he'll also become the new Knave/Arlecchino as that Harbinger role seems to be tied to managing the House of the Hearth for the Fatui.

The boy in the end scene isn't Freminet, this is because Freminet was in the House of The Heart BEFORE Crucabena and Pureure's fight as told in his character story

also sorry im kinda spamming but yall should play the meropide world quest with the little girl and "cater", because cater has almost the same marks on his arms and legs as arlecchino just a little more swirly than geometric

That was not Freminet, he has blue eyes, that kid had light brown eyes. I think he was just some random kid that the Knave took in.

The "Mother's" name is Crucabena a Gallic equivalent of the Welsh enchantress Ceridwen Clervie is Crucabena's biological child. 2:26 Pretty sure she offed herself rather than fight Arle. The shot is kind of a common way to depict that in anime and manga without fully showing it, and we dont see her hands so she is likely holding the sword hilt.

This is very Tragic and Sad Backstory of Arlecchino

childe's foul legacy form is a abyss thing not a fatui thing so harbingers dont all have that form

Oh yeah and if you didnt catch it Peruere is Arlecchino's real name.

I did suspect that the original knave was like the tenth rank because she was the weakest but her rank rise because of her authority to produce soldiers. Which is why Arlecchino as a kid could beat her. And the reason why the Arlecchino is now rank 4 because of her own strength. The king is like the successor of the house of the hearth. Right now Lyney is king. The kids were to forced to kill each other so that they can produce the strongest out of all them. Arlecchino has changed the rules of the house of hearth so they don’t do that anymore.

Maybe she's cursed to kill what she touches or at least steal vitality? That's could be why the spider died

Not Freminet btw. There is a theory that it could be Snezhevna from the teaser though. The eye and hair colors match. She was also much older which could be linked to the time difference. It would make sense and add depth to the teaser.

Well imagine just arle and the red girl team up to beat mother xD but oh well

if im not wrong the last version trailer there a line said by arlecchino that she want lyney / freminet (i dont remember who) to be the next king, i think

why she killed her friend? -Its simple it was stated at the beginning of the story that "Learn to compete, defeat your brother and sister and become a king" so she shocked that her friend sacrificed herself to be killed

So while all harbingers (i assume) have a delusion aka the 2nd form childe took the foul legacy transformation aka his 3rd form is unique to him as a result of training with skirk. Plus "mother" was trying to subdue arlecchino rather than kill her

That wasn’t frem at the end lmao y’all don’t pay attention to his story/voice lines?

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6:38 you guys were saying the kid was Freminet and here i was with HSR brain rot thinking Arlecchino adopted kid Aventurine 😂 Cursed Father adopts Blessed Child cancels out both of their bad karmas..

I am trying to make sense of some details here like the spider, the cotton balls, syringe etc..was arlecchino absorbing the sickness of the spider? coz at the start her arms were not yet that consumed by the curse.