Also, there's an actual hint about a secret hidden beneath the ground floor of the Knights of Favounius HQ. If you read the story of the Favounius Codex, you might find out that there's a door that actually covers a huge secret in the Library, which been lying there for almost 500 years.

I feel like the twins are related to Khaenri'ah in some way mainly because of how the star symbol that is shown on all the other characters that come from Khaenri'ah (Albedo has one on his neck, Dainsleif and Keaya have it in their eyes and clothes) is also shown on their clothes.

Mondstadt and Khaenri’ah are actually pretty well connected. Language wise, they both stem from Germanic and Latin words. Names like Albedo and the language of Khaenri’ah (or the runes we see around) translate to Latin, which align with stuff like Ludi Harpastum and names like Venti (from Ventus which means wind) and Diluc (comes from Diluculum which means Dawn) And the Germanic roots are obvious. Monstadt is based in Germany, which coincide with things like Dainsleif, Rhinedottir, Alberich. (And a lot of discourse surrounds “Kaeya”, but it’s literally the phonetic spelling of the Swedish word “Kaja”, which is a Germanic language, which only furthers the connection.) Plus, the names I just mentioned are all linked to a Germanic opera detailed Norse mythology, which ties it back to Germany and Monstadt even more And and and, the Abyss Order only appears as a threat in Monstadt. Sure, abyss Mages are scattered around Tevyat. But the only time they are a threat in the story is when the Traveller is in Monstadt. Think about it, which nation’s threat featured anything about the Abyss Order? Monstadt. Where are all the quests featuring Dainsleif located? Monstadt. What is the only place we’ve ever seen the Abyss twin in Tevyat? Monstadt. There’s a weird connection between Monstadt and Khaenri’ah and the missing Time goddess and Venti’s gnosis resembling a queen only further these suspicions

7:22 now that mentioned it I've always thought that the area north to Mondstadt which currently cannot be explored is probably going to be the place were we can enter Khanrea'h.

These videos deserve more attention 😍

ok so khanrea’h it the place that was in dispear 500 years ago… which was probably destroyed by the Godess in the “pick your twin” page. Celestia is the island up far into the sky where all the God sit (like venti, Baal, zhongli etc.), and teyvat is the place we are currently traveling in-?

After a lot of research and thanks to your videos.. I feel like mondstat at the end of the game will face a similar situation like Khaenriah.. And Indeed the traveller needs to be face to face with his or her sibling... This can also be a great idea for your new video :)

Nice Video! I guess the most perplexing question to almost every genshin player must be the actual location and position of Khaenri'ah, along with its appearance.

Khaenri'ah was such a powerful nation.Their war against the gods almost wiped out all of the Archons leaving only 2 survivors being Zhongli and Venti.Just mere humans being able to kill the strongest gods and celestial beings just shows how powerful they were

Thank you so much for this video. I’m having a hard time trying to understand the lore. Your video is really helpful.

I enjoy well articulated videos on Genshin Lore. Thanks

Underrated af for so much coverage of topic :>

I'm pretty sure the twins ARE from Khaenri'ah if you consider the new quest today and why the abyss twin (depending on which traveler you pick) looks so upset when they see their supposably assumed home town be taken apart

You're so underrated! Thank you for the amazing explanation

I have a crazy theory What if khanri'ah was actually enkonomiya? Both are underground and both have "no light" no light means no plants and least resources, and those monsters? The visharps? Maybe those were the monsters that were "leaking out" of khanri'ah

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Here’s my theory on this yes the twins are tied to Khaenri’ah perhaps they were the guardians since it was a nation without a god or archon it was modern with the best weapons and machines not even the gods could ignore but this is where it get’s weird so Khaenri’ah was destroyed 500 years ago however the archon war was 2000 years ago leading to many god deaths and remember from the story there lies a queen of darkness and a prince I believe lumine is the dark queen henceforth she is the princess of the abyss while aether is a travler who could end up as a prince somehow so if lumine is the dark queen that means it’s possible she could be or in this case a alternate version of herself the unknown god asmoday while aether could be dain well again an alternate version this could be a time loop of the twins doing this lumine wanted to see the throne engulfed in flames or in this case the unknowngod’s throne while dain wants to stop her from doing so and it’s also possible that paimon could be a celestial from the heavens who was either cast out or fell from grace with no memory of her old life because asmoday did so so my theory is the twins are repeating their old life til one of them stops each other from doing so and also dain’s power could possibly be a new element 8 pieces of a chessboard 8 elements

Your videos are litterly so interesting

This helps a lot thanks

Very well made video! Its great to see more youtube content about Genshin lore. You earned a sub, keep it up!

“You’ll get that joke in a minute dont worry ;)” me: ah ok me: WAIT-

Also in one of the cut scene where the abyss talks with the twin, she mentions about bringing the "homeland" back. So i guess the traveler's are actually from khaenri'ah

GENSHIN THEORY: -I noticed something in Genshin Impact while I was playing and I wanted to share it with all of you. -As you know, all the abyss monsters such as abyss mages and hilichurls were once citizens of Khaenri'ah. -And we also know that the Abyss Order’s members are all citizens of Khaenri'ah as well. -All of the Khaenri'ah transformations into monsters seemed to be grouped based on class, rank or profession. For example all of the Black Serpent Knights transformed into the Shadowy Husks and only Shadowy Husks. -This means we can guess what some of the other Khaenri'ah monster’s original professions were before they transformed. -Firstly, let's talk about the Abyss Lectors. -The Abyss Lectors are a part of the Abyss Order and are enemies. All Khaenri'ah monsters are all assumed on profession so what would have been the original Abyss Lector’s roles as a part of Khaenri'ah? Well on the wiki page we can see this line of text: “ These creatures are evangelists that can chant malefic poetry of the Abyss to command their powers. “ Evangelists are “ a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching: “ (as by the dictionary). Genshin has heavy themes of Gnosticism so this must not be a coincidence. And the last line of text reads: “ Within the Abyss Order, Lectors refer to themselves as "exegetes."[1] “ Exegetes are “an expounder or textual interpreter, especially of scripture.” And down below when we see what the Abyss Lector’s names translated into other languages, we see this: Chanter, cantor, bard and scholar. These all refer to people who preach and teach in one way or another. Mostly, the cantor and scholar caught my attention. A cantor is someone, “an official who sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue.” And scholar is “a specialist in a particular branch of study, especially the humanities; a distinguished academic:” This means that Abyss Lectors used to be Khaenri'ahn people (most likely scholars or officials) who taught, most likely in a way of music, chanting or speaking to preach and educate others about certain things. And based on how gnosticism is presented here, we can only assume that they are preaching about religion, if not at least something related to the divine and gods. This is backed up by their design as during their attack they start chanting and they both hold some sort of object such as a book or an orb. And if they were an official who carried these duties out, by some extent, we can assume that they might possibly be priests. This can also be confirmed since religious roles do exist in Genshin as Barbara is a deaconess and Monstadt has a church dedicated to their god. -Next we have Abyss Heralds. Abyss Heralds are another form of enemy presented by the Abyss Order. On their wiki page we can see this: “ They can transform with an Abyssal Gospel.[1] “ A gospel is “the teaching or revelation of Christ:”. Once again, very heavy themes of gnosticism. When at the bottom of the wiki page, their names translation part, we can see this: Apostle, emissary and herald. A emissary is “a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.”, an apostle is” each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.” and lastly “an official messenger bringing news.”. And from wikipedia I gathered this: “An apostle (/əˈpɒsəl/), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (apostéllein), "to send off". The purpose of such sending off is usually to convey a message, and thus "messenger" is a common alternative translation; other common translations include "ambassador" and "envoy".” This means that Abyss Heralds are and were most likely messengers of some sort and based on the heavy gnosticism theme around it such as including the words “gospel” and “apostle” we can assume they were messengers related to the theme of divinity and gods. -This is backed up by the Abyss Mages being a magician or sorcerer based on the word: mage “a magician or learned person.” and in their monster forms they also represented that with them using magic and spell casting as a form of attack and holding a staff with them. Also backed up by the Black Serpent Knights as they were Khaenri'ahn royal guards and in their monster form they are represented once again, as guards and protectors with their designs having them carry large swords and armour. -This means that Abyss Lectors were most likely Khaenri'ahn scholars or an official who seeks to spread the teachers of a god/their god by using poetry and music and that Abyss Heralds were most likely Khaenri'ahn messengers on a diplomatic mission, mostly likely having some connections to gods. Not to mention that both Abyss Lectors and Abyss Heralds drop a thing called “gloomy statuettes”. The description on the item reads: “An idol made in the likeness of some unknown person. Even though this carving has seen many years pass, it still has not been damaged in any way. It seems that its previous owner must have cherished it like some holy icon.” The “holy icon” they are talking about in the description most likely refers to a god or deity of some sort. And they must have treasured this in some way as the description reads: “ It seems that its previous owner must have cherished it” Not only that but this is also a drop material for Shadowy Husks/Black Serpent Knights. -This begs the question, why would Khaenri'ah have priests and messengers who seek to spread godly teaching and messages if they themselves are a godless nation? And more of all, did Khaenri'ah worship a secret god? EDIT: Things to consider: what if the Abyss Heralds, Abyss Lectors and Abyss Mages AREN'T from Khaenri'ah? ANSWER: 1. Abyss Lectors/Heralds all look incredibly similar to the Black Serpent Knights (who we know is from Khaenri'ah) 2. The Abyss Lectors/Heralds, Shadowy Husks and Black Serpent Knights all share the Gloomy Statuette drop. If the Abyss Lectors were from Sal Vindagnyr and carries the token of a deity, thats fine. But the Black Serpent Knights also do too? This wouldn't make sense. 3. The Genshin Wiki backs this up as on the topic of Khaenri'ah they said that the Abyss Order emerged from the downfall of Khaenri'ah and also this "The Abyss Order originates from the destruction of Khaenri'ah by the gods;[2] it seeks to destroy the countries under the protection of The Seven in revenge.[7] The people of Khaenri'ah turned into the monsters of the Abyss.[8] Thus, it is thought that Abyss Mages, Abyss Heralds, and Abyss Lectors were once people from Khaenri'ah, possibly its aristocracy and knights / defending people"

Very nice video, but where did you get this information?

It's a name that I still cant pronounce correctly that's what. Lol I always say Karineiah. Good video

About there bieng a route to the abbbys near mondstad there is this wierd big galaxy hole in the sky near mondstad that you can enter and it leads to the abbys island (that is if khanria is the abbys we know now)idk I think that hole is suspicious

Also so it even implys God's have a God they listen to?

Dain said the Gods attacked and destroyed Khaenri'ah, but from what Ei told us about what happened with her sister, it didn't sound like an attack, because why would a God who lacks skills in combat be the one to attack another nation? If it was an attack, Ei would have gone and we'd be left with Makoto The monsters in Khaenri'ah came to Inazuma and other places, which some moght see as an attack, but as advanced as Khaenri'ah was, I doubt they could control monsters like that Those monsters weren't really attacking, I think they were fleeing from something The Greater Lord in Sumeru stayed to protect Irminsul for obvious reasons, but why do that if it was something as simple as a nation going to war against the rest of them? I furst thought that the Seven Archons were afraid of what humans could do if unchecked by a God, so they destroyed the place But thats not the case clearly Something happened in Khaenri'ah and my guess is that while the Archons tried to help, the people of Khaenri'ah were ap surprised by the chaos, that it seemed like the Archons were there to assist in their destruction .... I'm looking forward to the next bit of story

Some guy gave a theory that the sibling made khaenri'ah for the other sibling to live.

i dont really understand the timeline. maybe its just me cause im stupid and slow but what does the meteorite have to do with anything and was it after they fought the unknown god or before? and i thought the twins grew up in khaenriah snd it later got destroyed by gods, and them they somehow ended up fighting the unknown god yes it makes no sense but its not really clear in the game

I have a theory that maybe the “journey coming to an end” that one of the siblings reached might have been celestia destroying teyvatt for some strange reason and maybe the sibling was given a chance to re do their actions and stop the other sibling but I’m not sure

4:38 so if you gather 2 and 2 The Unknown god could be one of the 3 moon sisters, but it's said the all 3 sisters was killed meant by their bodies ware destroyed except one right? So what if somehow piece of her spirit survived in body (something like Voldemort's technique) or The Unknown god could be their mother seeking for revenge?

I could be stupid saying this theory but what if the unknown god has the eight element and teamed up with deinsleff and destroyed Khaenri'ah and since Khaenri'ah had no God the Unknown God got hew power from something that she destroyed in Khaenri'ah like that thing you mentioned in the video that could create life.

As an newbie player I am asking what's the different between khaenri'ah and celestia

Where is this cutscene in 1:21 from

khaenri'ah is Genshin's version of the dwemers or smth :D

Monstadt in danger

I said this as a reply to another comment, but I write it here so I can add to it: Kaenri'ah might also have a connection to Sumeru. Seeing as Sumeru is based off of middle east/Egypt and 'Khaen' is a word of Arabic origin, meaning 'betrayer'. 'riah' on the other hand, can be a nod to 'riyah', another word of Arabic origin meaning 'winds' and/or 'souls'. So Khaenri'ah can mean 'betrayer souls', if we go by Arabic origins. Khemia (or 'Kimia'/'Kimya') is also a word of Arabic origin that might even have roots in Greek, and it literally means 'alchemy'. If you pay attention in Sumeru, you'll see that in the crafts' shop, the man standing there is named 'Kimya'. It is said that someone who could perform 'kimya' could turn copper into gold (which is a myth because the metal created wasn't gold, it was actually brass, which is why I _laughed_ when you said 'all that glitters is not gold').

it was not underground before the cataclysm? look at the trailer when lumine goes to look at the sea of fire you can see the blue sky behind her and around her there was no roof above and you can see green grass

For the love of god its 4:11 AM and im listening to genshin lore

I think paimon is an intersting topic as well a theory is that what if she like served the gods in celestia then just didnt agree with thier rules and started going against them so she fell from celstia gods expecting her to die she lost alot of her memories when the traveler fished her thats why she has all these sign of her bieng important in her clothes Or perhaps she was some type of god but was thrown from celestia and met us the traveler that would make sence on why she knows alot about teyvat

This video is old but I wanted to say that the traveler didn’t wake up in khaenri’ah, their sibling did, the traveler woke up in tyvat directly, 500 yrs after the cataclysm, their sibling witnessed the cataclysm, but the traveler only knew about it from traveling through the 7 nations and from the archons.

So....the twins came to teyvat...found a home in Khaenri'ah....as the cataclysm struck the twins tried to leave...and then they were seperated?

isnt Childe has fell into abyss as a kid? that means he has been in khaenriah after destruction

I don't think abyss is bad couse lumine said Don't try to stop me don't try to stop the abyss, so lumine knows about the truth of abyss that we don't know . And the theory that khaenri'ah's people are the abyss monsters i think it's true and make sense

Bruh why did you use buddism word for cuz the word samsara comes from buddism

I might be talking crap but I feel like Khaenri'ah got what was comin to them. Advancement and independence are all fine and well but the track record of humans when they get their sticky fingers on advanced tech has never been as bright as the gods either. Humans have always gotten to a point where they twisted the use of any advancement in many stories we have witnessed. No matter how much the initial intentions were pure there would come a point where one arrogant human pushes attractive ideas that would lead to twisting any technology. So who knows maybe creating life or whatever else Kaenri'ah may have popped up could have gotten to a point where they really have become arrogant humans... at any rate whatever happened to their people could also be their own undoing if it turned out that their forms are the result of their special alchemy. just juggling thoughts 🤷‍♀

If Khaenri'ah was destroyed 500 years ago then how is Kaeya from Khaenri'ah?

My gay heart hurts for the fact there won’t be anymore male archons 💔

At first i was just skipping the whole story because it's boring since the mc doesn't talk and it's about the might of gods that got bored of thier roles in which makes it like any other story regarding about gods and humans and then this destroyed nation that has no association with any kind of gods which is basically just like a normal human society got obliterated because of thier advanced technological knowledge and there warmongering approach throughout the world and i wonder why there are steampunk robots in this fantasy world and some abandoned gigantic robots around the forest.

if khaenri'ah is gonna be based on another white country i'm gonna lose my shit

Khaenri'ah is Russia