Today out of curiosity I read about the Tsaritsa in the Genshin fandom that said she was not the original victor in the Archon war 500 years ago.
She is also said to be deeply moved or had her extreme character development before the catalasym or Destruction of Khaenri'ah took place. Therefore there are three speculations or hypothesis I have about the lore of the Cryo Archon :
- First, she was the assistant of some sort to the original/previous Cryo Archon like the adepti in Liyue, then during the Archon war the original Cryo Archon died and the current Cryo Archon replaced her and is taking revenge on the other Archons by conspiring to take their gnoses and to wage war against Celestia, for whose seven seats the original one died.
- Second, she was someone originally from Khaenri'ah and after its destruction (due to monsters created by the alchemist Rhinedottir, also known as "Gold", pouring out from Khaenri'ah to invade Teyvat), the Tsaritsa sought to make herself strong enough (as mentioned in the character stories of Tartagalia calling the Tsaritsa as a true warrior) to fight against the Cryo Archon whose follower was Rhinedottir because of whom her nation was destroyed by the archons(original cryo archon included) and is targeting the Archons to this day due to her revenge of finally going against Celestia.
- Finally, the most accurate hypothesis I think I have got. The Tsaritsa was someone originally from Khaenri'ah and she was herself was a great scientist or engineer (explaining the technological advancement of Sneznhnaya) and the Unknown God destroyed her home (because of the advancement potential of Humans growing beyond her control) and to take the revenge for destruction of Khaenri'ah from the Unknown God, she is still conspiring against Celestia. But, the Tsaritsa one day sensed the Unknown God appearing in Teyvat when she kidnapped the sibling of Traveler because of which her plans fast forwarded by starting to take the gnoses of the current Archons and using them as stepping stones as they also contributed to the destruction of Khaenri'ah to reach and defeat the Heavenly Principles of Celestia.
