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The Lore of Genshin Impact

The following are my various analyses

on the story and lore of Genshin Impact.

 Please feel free to check out any that appeal to you!

 

Finally getting this one out It's not about the Destination The Traveler and Paimon


*Bold indicates a revisited theory


What is the Tree of Existence?

How does the Hoyoverse work?

How the Hoyoverse Interprets Quantum Mechanics

The "ass" that explains Genshin's Finale

What kind of Hexerei will Liyue get?


My Honkai Stuff


Teyvat World Map - Round 1

Teyvat World Map - Round 2


How did I not notice this?

How a simple game mechanic builds into the story

Why were the seven chosen?

Revision Age


Who is Paimon?

You find lore in the strangest places


Has anybody noticed this?


The Plot Thickens

So we'll be undoing the curse


I pieced together the tiara stories


This changes everything!

So the other everything


Chess Shows Celestia's Arrogance

The Chess Theory is Confirmed


Hey did anybody ever think about this?


The God of SpecuIations


The Prinzessin is a motherf-

The Prinzessin's Doggo

The Princess of Calamity in the Evernight

In the Time before Saints

The Crow and the Pitcher

A Working History of the Immernachtreich


Ok I had more to say than I thought


All's Well That Ends Well


Ok ok I get it. No more getting bored.


There's more


What's up with the sisters?


What are Seelies anyway?

Archon 101

Archon 201

Archon 202

Archon 101 (2026 Edition)

Teyvat 101

Dragons 101


Wow they're really going hard


And then there's this


The struggles of a non-allogene

To Vision or not to Vision


Inter-regional Relations


A Self-Proclaimed Prophet


Orbs of Blue Depths (Original Dub)


Not really the end of the line


Realms of Guile and War

Planning A to Z


What's in a Name?

Lost in Translation


The Five Regions?

When a comp@ss isn't a comp@ss

Lore of the Depths


Never thought I'd learn that from her


That showdown


How are they even getting there?

Why make the change?


The Living Chasnn


This place was so pretty!


The Secret's Out!


A map huh?


In b4 the Vale is Lifted


Such Lofty Self-Confidence


The Power of Life


This Lantern Rite is going to be one of a kind


A Place To Belong


The Dragon's Tragedy


So that's what Amphoreus is about?

In This Human Age

The People are the True Masters of this World

Predicting the Original Intent?

There are far worse fates

The old guard is still not done with us

Fuli and the Shining Shades (aka Why is this still an Amphoreus Theory lol)



Real World Inspirations

Genshin Germany

Genshin Japan

Genshin China


Archon Quest Archive

Monstadt Archon Quest


Elemental Lore

Observation on Archons and Visions

Now that we've got more

Even the Outlanders might fall in line with it

Now that we've got even more

Elemental Consistency

Keeping that theory consistent

Slick indeed

Kun Jun 2.0?

The Dragon Sovereigns and Byakuyakoku's Experiments


Inazuma Sub-Series

New Weekly Boss?

Inazuma will fall

So that's how Inazuma starts

Did you know?

Why are the islands temporary?

So about those islands

Could this have been a clue?

So she's Keqing isn't she?

Early Predictions

Who was the Original Electro Archon?

Clever

The Shogunate

And then there's this

A little bitter are we?

A little sneaky but nice job MiHoYo

If this is the case Act 3's going to rock even h@rder

What is Euthymia?

Lined up the shot

Concealing reality in the shadow of truth

The Pressures of Ruling a Kingdom

Will we see this play out?

You know-

The exile of oni

Couldn't this mean-

Why's he back there?

Ok wh00

Repeat after me

What are the Three Realms really?

Option 2 all the way!

The Embittered Master

The Narukami Restoration

What really happned?

The Life of a Yae Publishing House Employee

The Arataki Gang and Japanese Youth cuIture

O Captain! My Captain!

Beelezbul has a devil put aside for thee

Ding Dong Sakoku's Dead

I called it but it was worth it anyway

The True Story of Scara-nushi the Rejected Poet

That's a huge chip on his shoulder

Divine Gaze

Legacy

Legacy Revealed

The Cage that Fishes for Bottle

Drifting Amidst the Wind

What's in a name?

If only he wasn't stigmatized to it

The Role of Miko

She's more important than I gave her credit for

Six Degrees of The Seven

Rejoice! Tonitrus Dei descends!


Sumeru Sub-Series

Super Early Sumeru Theory

Dottore is next

Answer Me These Questions Three!

The Lesser Lord of Annoyance

Uncontested Push for Folly

Sumeru's in Full Swing and so's my theory

Why Sumeru?

Wisdom speaks only when necessary

What is Kus****i looking for?

Khedive is just a lore pinata isn't he?

Something Ominous This Way Comes

I've got a hankerin' for lore!

And this is why I'm rolling for Dehya!

Blessed Lesser Lord

I guess it was necessary

Sumeru's Blavatnik Award

This is going to make people mad

Ok how does that work?

Salâm, khosh bakhtam mardúm Sumeru!

The Scientist and the Bad@ss

How they simp in the big leagues

Fiery in-game and out

Toking up that knowledge

And here I thought we were done with mushroom related lore

So they're making Domains now

A Guide to Flushing that Ignorant Erudition Dook-dook Away

1001 Sumeran Nights

The Return of the Mummy King

Two Harbingers, a Traveler and an Archon stuck in a Tree

Last minute dig in

Getting in a prediction before we actually play the quest

One last lap around the track

In case anybody was interested

The Founders of Two Darshans

Wormy Implications

So that's what it means to have forbidden knowledge

A phoenix it is not

The Khvarena of Lore and Cultural References

Maybe the Real Treasure


Fontaine Sub-Series

Super Super Early Fontaine Theory

I got bored again

Technologically Advanced but why

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Slick indeed

SpectacuIar Spectacle

The Perks of Branding

Ok so I'm in the mood for tea now

Could this be another angle?

A little early for oppressive and dangerous isn't it?

"Very different"

Fontaine redefines a splitting headache

How splitting do I want this headache?

Furina Rejects Your Reality and Substitutes Her Own

Who is Karl Ingold?

Water, Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop You Should Drink

The Stars Really Did Shine

A Flood of Possibilities

Everybody Plays the Fool Sometime

A Procession of Details

Three for Three

When being right about something isn't satisfying

The Limits of Good Storytellers

Focalors Hit on Celestia?

Expy on the Brain

They Still Line Up

Fact vs Fiction

Getting the truth from a RP session?

One Last Gander Before the Symphony

Who Knew Statues Could Be Such Divas? (Act I)

Who Knew Statues Could Be Such Divas? (Act II)

All those rhymes

Can an adaptation be better than the original?


Natlan Sub-Series

The Five Yaksha

Could this be a thing?

The ocean you say?

The Trouble with Murata

Demon's Lament is a go-go!

Our Lady of Fire, Musatas

Oya here we go!

Not Quite Murata

Musatas Inbound

Muratans, Mondstadt's Aristocracy and Triangular Trade

What Story Might a "Nation of Dragons" Tell?

How does Natlan Rhyme? (Poetry Theory)

The Road So Far

The Road to Genshin Afri-Poly-Mesoamerica?

Are you sure about that Natlan?

Kicking back and relaxing into Act V

What the Archon Quest didn't tell us

A drunk flower and her humming-bae

Sealing a Dragon Sovereign

The Almighty Dragonlord Revisited

The "Muratans"

Natlan Reconstruction

 

Snezhnaya/Fatui Sub-Series

The Crimson Witch of Flames

Perks abound

The Cost of Loveless

To Dust All Shall Return

What about the other 5?

I got bored again again

Technologically Advanced but why

Final Act of Puppets

The Airhead Harbinger

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

The Ripped-Jeans Harbinger

How about that?

A Brigh-ella Too Far?

O Captain My Captain!

The Means of Standing Up

Ms. Frankenstein's Monster?

Predicting the Beatdowns

The cat's out of the bag now

Thanks for that Pierro!

So they're making Domains now

Bingo

Your math's off

Smoldering Embers Reduced to Cinders

Completing the Circle

All this just to make up for the segments?

Amphoreus in Reverse?

The Threat of War

Quality Over Quantity (Part 1)

Quality Over Quantity (Part 2)

Quality over Quantity (Part 3)

When you give someone the moniker of Professor

Mondstadt's Disapproving Empress

Fallen Angels

Snoward Bound


Khaenri’ah Sub-Series

The Clown Who Weeps through His snnile

Wonder what they would be called

I can't

... Void emptiness...

Shadowy Foreshadowing

The Golden Pathway

Command me to step aside

The Abyss of Quanta

Enlightenment in a Can

The Beast Gesamtkunstwerk

See this is why nobody uses you anymore alchemy!

Paying the Price for Art

Paying the Price for Art (revised to account for Narzissenkreuz)

Are you sure you should be the one giving the exams?

Don't Fall for Paralogisms

Let's un-Para this Logism!

Prince Alberich

One-eyed Irmy

A Working History of Khaenri'ah

The King of Fontaine City

I was not expecting to have it supported like this

Wow that's going to be a tough decision

Act. ??? Khaenri'ah Speculation

Why a meteor?

What happened to the Unknown Sanctuary?

The Sinner King

Yet another foolish plan

A Space and Time for This Hot Mess

A Deeper Dive into the History of Khaenri'ah

Creating a good Khaenri'ah Chapter in place of miHoYo


Celestia Sub-Series

How to get invited to the Pantheon Drinking Parties

The Kami of Evernight

Seven Gods for Seven Planets

Ars Goetia Ranks

Non Caerium, non Morphes

The God of Time

Where have I heard that one before?

The Thousand Winds

On second thought

On third thought

Keeping that reference going

Who the Primordial One calls Mama

The Rivalry of Relativity

There is a fine line between good and evil

Imaginary Theory of Honkai

I am such a DERP

That Sumeru Theory man....

Now that's interesting

It's Like Poetry. It Rhymes.

It's Like Poetry. It Rhymes. (revised up to Fontaine)

Parted by Great Catastrophe

Multi-layered Catastrophe

What really happened to Guizhong

The Rivalry To End All Rivalries

The Eighth Element

Those Who Dream of Dreaming

I thought big but miHoYo went bigger

The Hexenzirkel is more than just how a girl spent her youth

So not just how a girl spent her youth

When Witches Write

The Descenders

Descenders 102

How Little is a Little One?

Could This Be How the Tsaritsa Falls?

Yeah I'd Talk About Osmanthus Wine Too

Matariki, the Elementals and the Jade Chamber

Spilling the Tea

The Witness Loophole

Gotta get in that butterfly symbolism

Four Lantern Rites in the Making

That Calamitous Chymistry

What's in a Vision?

So it's a Bubble Universe

Old Wounds

Et tu, Gaia?

Ok this one's going to sound weird

Ok this one's going to sound weirder

The Price of Victory

How's this for a Chess Theory?

The Lore You Get From Two Back to Back Asian Holidays

You had to go and ruin it

New Moon Stuff!

So who's Tholindis?

Take care not to be fooled by false moons

Moon Sisters with a Twist

I'm sensing a theme here

Well so much for Lumilde

Have they been watching too much Isekai?

Prometheus Again (but with a Terran twist)

The Kingdoms of Light and Darkness

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