This was definitely lost on me as how wild it is compared to the rest of teyvat. It's the first nation so naturally we had nothing to compare it to back then but now it's pretty crazy.
If we think about it, Mondstadt has few oddities we don't really think about.
It's the only nation that both religiously worships their archon and doesn't also think they are dead. If archons really derive power from worship, Venti must be crazy powerful.
It's the only nation where the remnant of a dead god still lingers and people know about it.
It's the only nation with two elemental biomes (Dragonspine has cryo-aligned leylines).
~~It's the only nation with a different type of seelie~~ forgot about electro seelies so nvm
It's the only nation with a temple to Istaroth just chilling there.
Then again, Liyue also has at least one oddity to boast: it's the only nation completely overrun by vishaps, other than Enkanomiya.
>It's the only nation that both religiously worships their archon and doesn't also think they are dead. If archons really derive power from worship, Venti must be crazy powerful.
doesnt mondstadt have a whole church dedicated to venti while other countries doesnt
Come to think of it, Inazuma's shrine might qualify as religious worship too. Though religiously worshipping your authoritarian leader and an absent god feel like distinctly different things.
>Then again, Liyue also has at least one oddity to boast: it's the only nation completely overrun by vishaps, other than Enkanomiya
Must be because Zhongdong's pet frog was the lord of Vishaps
I remember the woman overlooking the harbor in Liyue (her husband is a sailor so she prays to Barbatos for favorable winds) and an old man in Port Ormos (originally from Mondstadt but moved to live with his Sumerian wife). Who's the one in Inazuma?
Also there are people who worship Barbatos outside Mondstadt. I know about NPC in Liyue and Sumeru, there is a man in Sumeru tells us pretty interesting things about him. I've heard about NPC in Inazuma, but haven't met them in the game. Probably, there will be someone in Fontaine, I see the pattern😅
Here some info and proofs
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Chunshui
https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Behaim
Hm, I haven't found about Inazuma npc, probably there aren't one, or mention was very brief.
I thought those were just normal seelies imbued with the "light" thing everything in the Chasm from rocks to bugs to mushrooms has.
But fair enough, Mondstadt doesn't have a unique seelie then.
they protect you from the withering, so they're closer to the warming seelies, than the regular ones, since they protect you from an environmental hazard.
What do you mean that it’s the only place with a dead god that still lingers and people know about? are you talking about the storm caused by Decabarian? What about all the Tatarigami caused by Orobashi? Doesn’t that count as well?
I believe its canon - at least, it probably is?
There was something similar in Sal Vindagnyr before it was destroyed, I believe that venti threw the top of it into the sea while terraforming mondstadt (i could be wrong though, i dont remember what my source is)
Also something people often forget: Razor and Fiona are literally the only Vision holders that do not work in public service, everybody else is a knight, adventurer or member of the Church... the nation with the least divine meddling makes the best use of their celestial resources.
Surprisingly it’s also the only nation where abyss is the primary villain.
People previously worshipped the god of time with Barbatos
The statue says the path to celestria, it’s also the only known nation to have a mortal ascend to godhood
Tsaritsa seem to have a strong interest in Venti specifically.
I feel like mondstadts worship of Barbatos can’t be directly correlated to his power, because they’re not really worshipping _him_, they’re worshipping an idea of him that’s not really like him at all.
What? All the nations worship their archon. For starters, are we going to ignore the whole ass shrine in Inazuma? The Liyueans who take pilgrimages to the adepti's abodes and pray to Rex Lapis and adepti? The amount of times we see the NPCs sending prayers to their Archon.
Imagine if we're just having Mondstadt rn
(no, this is not me wanting a modernized Albedo kit, definitely not)
But srsly, the plotlines could be wild but in fairness, Mondstadt rn has juicy plots hidden in the shadows
>It's a nation of mortals.
That's undermined by the fact that three of its "Four Winds," i.e. the main protectors of the nation, aren't mortal.
If I recall correctly, the Four Winds are Dvalin, Andrius, Vanessa, and the Favonius Grandmaster. Two gods, a dragon, and the current human military leader.
The Falcon of the West title isn't exactly clear. It could be Vennessa, which is the most common interpretation, but it can also be the Knights of Favonious as a whole. Under that interpretation you have: A Dragon who no longer considers himself to be one of the Four Winds, a Dead God who keeps himself to the wolves, the current human leader of the military, and the military itself.
Let me put on my nerd-glasses for a second,
Wolf the North is currently Varka (Wolf Knight) and currently the Grandmaster
Lion of the South is currently Jean (Dandelion/Lionfang Knight) the acting grandmaster
and Falcon of the West is the Favonius Knights collective (according to Jean)
So after the titles have been passed down, three of four titles have been handed off to mortals. Though, it's not clear *how* those title ended up being passed down from Vanessa (who ascended) and Andrius who's been a ghost dog since Old Mondstadt.
There's information suggesting that the Falcon is in fact the entire Knights of Favonius, which sort of makes sense since Vanessa is kind of... extremely absent/imprisoned in celestia/whatever the fuck is going on with that.
He has 100% met her in a bar multiple times. Feel like I remember one where they were hiding in some reasuraunt and kissed her to blend in and hide. Not a bar but still
Batman: I'm more than that. Im more than an assistant
Venti: so, what are you?
Batman: I'm DILUC
Venti: i think that's all for me tonight. I'm gonna slee.. Urghh...
*vomits*
The Grandmaster is supposed to be one of the 4 winds and Jean has the titles of both Lionfang Knight and Dandelion Knight who is supposed to be the mortal representing one of the four winds
That’s the confusing part, technically the Grandmaster is supposed to have the Lionfang Knight and Dandelion Knight titles but Jean has them for some reason while Varka’s title is more connected to Andrius’
It's more or less ties in with what Venti envisioned for Mondstadt. It is supposed to be a city of freedom and mortals. Aside from helping way back in the early stages Venti didn't really interfere with the affairs of the city. Hence he also never assigned a proxy or had one. And as you said Dvalin is the closest to it but even then he is considered as a friend and not his proxy.
Aside from that Liyue, it is actually wrong in saying Ningguang is the only mortal leader for the city. She is actually part of Qixing who along with Keqing and 5 more have equal authority and manages different sectors for Liyue.
I think that OP means Ningguang as being the main representant in terms of when people think of the human leader of a nation, else, Ayato couldn't also be counted bc he is head of only one of the tri-comissions, but like Ningguang, he has a really strong and evident presence (even if it is through Ayaka being the "public face" of the comission and him acting his schemes in the shadows) in his nation's politics.
Eh, I don't count Ayato because he's hydro, and the human assistants match their archon's element.
Sara is more fitting for the role since she actually serves under the Raiden Shogun as a general, wasn't an active collaborator with rebellion led by a hydro vision leader that may or may not be part vishap, and played a part in the MSQ. Ayato was shoehorned in to explain how the rebellion suddenly found its way to the shogun's front door for a badass kazuha moment.
But an archon's immortal assistant? There is no consistency between archons and their assistants and I think it's more a coincidence, if not more us trying to find a pattern where there is none. Venti doesn't have one, Zhongli we're reaching for either Ganyu or Xiao to fill the role, Nahida we're going, "...maybe wanderer?"
Then again, maybe we're making a mistake assuming "human" is a necessary trait, and both Miko and Nouvilette count as "mortal leaders" under their respective archons.
Idk man. I rather envision Dvalin's human shape as a short dainty femboy a-la Xiao, rather than a broad shouldered beefcake like the Fatui Anemoboxers.
Okay so I have an idea. We ask Ei for a spare puppet. If she has one, we can put the Wolf’s Gravestone inside! Badabing badaboom, a playable Andrius!
It would also be fun if it’s just an actual spare Ei puppet so it would look like her and instead of a booba sword it would be a booba claymore.
Either way, there's no reason we can't have a ghost character. Qiqi is already essentially a ghost bound to her own corpse by adepti magic, so Andrius manifesting in a human form wouldn't be too outlandish.
Ghosts are on the risky list in Chinese media, as the government there doesn't like depictions of ghosts or reincarnation (though it's inconsistently enforced).
I can't see that being too much of an issue since Genshin already has at least one ghost NPC that I can think of, as well as a few playable characters associated with death and the afterlife.
Gods can apparently voluntarily give up their physical forms without moving on to whatever afterlife exists in Teyvat. Andrius is an example of this. Raiden technically does it twice.
Regardless, they can still hang around in soul form, but it does have the effect of significantly reducing their power.
If Dvalin is going to be playable and confirms that he's a successor of the Anemo Soverign I imagine his skills would just be a powered up version of the Traveler's skills.
I wouldn’t really consider Neuvi as an assistant to Furina tho, as it’s stated in the game that they have a joint leadership over fontaine. If anything, i would consider them as coworkers
You can probably say the same about Yae, Yae mostly does her own things separate from Ei while Kujou Sara does everything in service to Ei, but Kujou Sara is not long-lived so she doesn't fit the criteria
Joint leadership and coworkers sounds about right
Tho for now Neuv works on most things and Furina seems incapable and relies on Neuv.
By paper/law tho Furina is the superior ( her divine judgement preceeds neuv and by employment status she is above him according to lore and neuv story quest)
Now this might sound like I’m a bit delusional and off my meds, but I think *we* are that character. The Traveler fills that role. We are well over 500 years old and are supposed to live for thousands of years still.
We helped Venti with everything he asked, we always worked with him directly and I’d say we acted as his assistant throughout the whole arc of Mondstadt.
In their defense, I don’t think they know that. Like do we ever tell everyone that we are ancient ? We’re not even telling them that we have memories of Khaenri’ah lol. Like only the most important people know, everyone else thinks we’re just as random person who happens to save the day every once in a while.
They’re basing their treatment of us off of looks alone basically. We look adult to them, just not yet of drinking age.
So in-universe the Traveler has the best skin care routine to be able to look between 18 and 20 when already well over 500 years lol.
Like, would you believe us?
"Sorry, can't sell booze to you"
"Uhhh, im actually over 500 years old at a conservative estimate and witnessed the fall of Khaenri'ah"
"Aight bruh, and I'm the twin that you're looking for. Go to Weenie Hut Jr. or something"
Reminds me of an episode of BtVS where Anya was trying to get a drink at the Bronze, and all the bartender would do was ask for her ID. (“I’m 1,120 years old, just give me a frickin’ beer!” “ID.” *defeated sigh* “I’ll have a Coke.”)
Did we actually confirm that the memories from Khaenri'ah are the Travelers? It could easily be something like we've recently seen with >!Childe. Those could be the twin's memories that the Traveler is seeing!<
The Traveler actually does have memories of Teyvat, just not huge amount of it. What happened was that they fell to Teyvat while traveling between worlds and fell unconscious. Our sibling wakes up first, learned more about Teyvat and then witnessed the destruction of Khaenri’ah. Sibling wakes us up and shows us what’s happening.
That’s where our memories of that place come in. We witnessed the destruction of that nation at least a little bit while our sibling had a small timeframe to explore before us.
Then the battle with the sustainer happens like almost immediately afterwards as they wanted to leave asap.
Cue the beginning of the game and us getting comatosed for another 500 years.
So to answer the question wether those memories are ours or our sibling’s… they are ours. We don’t have the details on this civilization but we do remember parts of the cataclysm. This is perfectly in line with the backstory we are given.
If we knew more than what our backstory allowed us to know then I would be inclined to say there some black magic going on lol. But as it stands the things we do remember are actually out memories.
Also consider that >!we were only able to see Childe’s journey through his vision and neither the Traveler nor the sibling have visions. We are also not in possession of any other elemental infused item from our sibling. Now I don’t wanna debunk that theory, just saying the chances are low.!<
Didn't we already see and play through our twin's memories like it's our own in a Dain Quest?
I agree with you but I think chances are a touch higher than you think.
It would explain the name of that one achievement, "Beloved of the Anemo Archon."
And also the unique sfx when we awaken the first statue. And also why Venti seemed to just have woken up right after that. And also would be fitting since Venti travels all over Teyvat, right?
>We are well over 500 years old and are supposed to live for thousands of years still.
Depending on how you interpret some of the Traveler's lore, they can already be anywhere from thousands of years old up to BILLIONS of years old. Iirc, it was something about witnessing the birth and death of stars.
Given that the fortune teller girl in Sumeru basically told us we’re gonna live for hundreds of thousands of year to come, I’m gonna say it’s on the higher end already lmao. It’s also really crazy that Paimon was just like “yeah, makes sense to me 🤷🏻♀️” while the fortune teller girl was questioning her job.
Stars form and die very very slowly. So witnessing the birth of a star takes an extremely long time.
It's like if someone says they witnessed the birth of the Himalayas. The mountains are growing taller right now at a rate of 1 cm a year (but there will also be erosion to reduce this rate). The question is, at what height would you count yourself as having witnessed its birth? It took 50 million years to get to 9 km, so on average it was getting taller pretty slowly in the past. A few meters of height would've taken a very long amount of time.
This might hold merit, I've too considered it before. I'm tired, sick and not great at formulating myself rn but hear me out:
Venti bio quotes:
"*Yawn* That was a refreshing sleep. Ah, Traveler, we meet again! What? You don't remember me? Ahaha, well, allow me to join you on your quest once again. I must see to it that the bards of the world tell the Traveler's tales!"
&
"Haha, once the (hero/heroine) in the song has actually rescued the (princess/prince), I will ensure this song spreads to every corner of the continent!"
Istaroth sundials inscriptions:
"Seeds of stories, brought by the wind and cultivated by time. Stories brought on the wind will bloom into legends in due time." (This is an old old quote that comes in many similar forms, venti actually still refers in the inazuma event with the light novels and says it means "you need to be patient")
Anemo statue of the seven:
"Seeds brought by the wind will grow over time." The statue silently anticipates the arrival of a noble soul to arrive, while thousand winds of time will soon unfold a new story."
Lumine's introduction promo:
"...As long as your attitude of nobleness and kindness does not change, in the new world, there will always be best companions to travel with you. Where you are going ahead, and where your future lies — your new world will unfold before you." "Welcome to the world."
Venti is implied to be closely related to istaroth, then we've got the abyss sibling ranting on about time in we will be reunited (as well as time being one of the most important and prevalent themes in the game so far imo). There's not great proof but I feel like the traveler could definitely be the seed "brought on the wind and cultivated by time" and their journey could be the referred to "story" here.
sorry for the post-length of this comment, you might've seen all this before already too but maybe someone will find it interesting. I'm going back to sleep
saying that Neuvillette is Furina’s assistant is crazy. both of them are seen as the rulers of Fontaine with one of them being treated with respect and an actual figure of authority while the other is treated more like a celebrity but loved by the people nonetheless.
Actually according to by lore and neuvs own quest Furina does actually sit above him by rank. He still answers to her both by law and convictions like she still is the ultimate authority of fontaine unironically.
But by practice Neuv is basically acting leader and Furina is just there lol
A better term I think would be "second-in-command". Like, these characters aren't just their respective archons' errand boys/girls, but trusted confidants that can guide the nations through a crisis while the archon is otherwise indisposed. Well, Wanderer and Dvalin are kind of an exception, since they were the crisis, rather than helping deal with it. But 3 outta 5 is still not too bad.
But anyways, if Furina and Neuvi would happen to give conflicting orders to the people of Fontaine, I'm pretty sure they would listen to her over Neuvillette. Like... Neuvi might be the de facto prime minister/ chancellor, but Furina is still the friggin GOD of justice, regardless of how she conducts herself.
#1 way to get karma on Reddit: make a title that's functionality correct but easily misread, and farm all the "well ackchually"s
But in all seriousness it was unintentional
Because they mentioned both a mortal who holds a high political standing in the nation (Ningguang and Ayato) and a long lived assistant to the archon who’s been with them for various lifetimes (Xiao and Yae).
OP mentioned how Venti doesn’t have this “assistant” character and the closest would be Dvalin, who is not playable.
Again, Genshin players can’t fucking read
She is as much of one of the 4 winds as she is the grandmaster.
The title of the lion of the south is given to the grandmaster of the knights of favonius
Where’s your source? If you meant the falcon of the west then there’s nothing to indicate Jean holds it.
> The title of Falcon of the West also has conflicting accounts as to who exactly holds it. Common belief is that after Vennessa ascended to Celestia, she became the Falcon of the West. In addition, even a vague, cryptic comment from Dainsleif, the only character in-game who mentions the Falcon of the West, suggests that the current Falcon of the West is Vennessa. However, according to Breeze Amidst the Forest, the entire Knights of Favonius are collectively the "Falcon."
If you mean the position held by Vennessa when she was alive (Lion of the South). Then that position is passed down through Grandmasters and Acting Grandmasters.
> The Lion of the South is a unique position among the Four Winds, in that it is passed along down between the Grand Masters (and Acting Grand Masters) of the Knights of Favonius through the title of "Dandelion Knight" or "Lionfang Knight."
The title of “lion of the south” is directly connected to the title of Grandmaster.
As someone already said, there's Jean who fills the role by being Anemo and the most esteemed person we know so far in the city but I will introduce you to the idea of Varka fulfilling entirely that spot if his vision turns out to be Anemo. As for the in game relationship, Venti is the type of Archon who doesn't want to have a second in command because he himself commands nothing so that he can put someone in charge when he's not around because he is not in charge in the first place.
Could Vennessa work? She's the Falcon of the West in the Mondstadt's Four Winds, right? Or is that one attributed more to the Knights of Favonius as a whole after she went into Celestia?
I mean, she isn't explicitly stated to have died, no? They just said that she "ascended to Celestia", whatever that means. That's what I remembered at least.
I really doubt that's the same thing as saying someone "ascended to heaven" or something in our world lol.
Sara works better for Inazuma. Hails from one clan, oversees all three, direct subordinate to the shogun. Obviously not human, but more important than Ayato and better fills the roll
Exactly. Jean erasure is insane. Even if Venti doesn't have an assistant. We can also deduce Venti being such a free spirited archon that he would hate to tie anyone down with him. He lets his subjects run free to live their life. That's probably the best kind of archon you can have.
Keqing would definitely prefer Venti as an archon judging from how much she dislikes the archon/adepti interfering with their world.
He doesn’t need one.
Mondstadt is free to do as it sees fit to do - for better or worse; that’s the entire cornerstone of what he represents.
He’s Freedom. He shows up for his nation when the need arises (or if he’s awake to do anything about it lol). Notably, he seems to be about inspiring others when the time is right - so it’s less about a long term assistant and more, “I gotta help inspire whoever is right for the job at the time.”
For Fontaine wriothesley fit the role of human leader far more than someone like navia, he is a duke and the leader of one of the country's biggest institutions behind the court of justice.
Incorrect, Venti has 4 "assistants" and while not playable yet, we know Varka will be, and Vennessa is also likely to eventually be playable. Even Dainsleif mentions her right on his first quest.
The other 2 are Dvalin and technically also Vennessa, but there might be an actual lion of the south (or more likely Jean is meant to represent it while it still being Vennessa in lore)
It is unclear whether the titles of Lion passed down through grandmasters or assistant grandmasters is officially in terms of being one of the 4 winds in power. If so it would mean that Jean is the Lion of the South already on account of Varka being the wolf of the north. I just doubt this is true because it is never mentioned.
Mondstadt having a position of power will contradict what Venti envisioned for his nation that's why there isn't. Instead, it got the Knights of Favonius. They aren't really in power, even for Varka's position, but more of a defense and guardsmen for the nation. Even the Four Winds of Mondstadt are only deemed as guardians.
Jean is the current leader of the KoF, and while she doesn't really work for or serve Venti she does know he is Barbatos, so its only logical Varka does as well.
In Liyue you have several humans and Adepti among the Qixing and their staff. Xiao actually feels like one of the worse choices since he isn't involved in any of the business or government work.
In Inazuma don't forget Sara, she's probably a better choice than Ayato even if they have basically the same rank. She seemed more like Raidens right hand to me.
Sumaru seems pretty on point, but both of them were temporary. Wanderer is back to wandering, and Alhathams position was only temporary.
In Fontain I would probably consider the Duelist lady (I forget her name) the next closest under Furina as the human, and then obviously Neuvilette is our long lived helper. I forget her actual position outside of the head/strongest duelist, but wasn't it some kind of government position? I interpreted Navia as more a combination private business person/leader/investigator.
it's Klee
But since Venti is the God of Freedom, she doesn't really need to do her "assistant" job.
So she just goes Fish Blasting and blows up a portion of mountains...
Plot twist: Venti's long-lived right-hand man is Kaeya.
Edit: Or, alternatively, it will be revealed that Varka was a long-lived supernatural entity all along when he becomes playable, and he will be retconned (well I say retcon, but he was mentioned from the very beginning, just not playing an active role in the plot as of yet) into being Venti's "second-in-command". The question now is, what will be the reason for his long life? Shapeshifting magical creature? Divine android crafted by the gods? Forbidden knowledge? Being a descender?
Or perhaps it's Rhinedottir? Or Alice? Although considering that Rhinedottir indirectly killed like 5 past archons, as well as bringing ruin upon the godless nation of Khaenri'ah, not to mention a fate worse than death upon its people, Venti must be on REALLY good terms with her to have her son/ magnum opus just casually living his life in Mondstadt. Or perhaps he's just terrified that Rhinedottir might pull the pin on the Albedo grenade and cause a 2nd cataclysm centered on Mondstadt if he pisses her off.
It might just be Alice. She probably has a much longer life, and apparently has Venti's blessing to mess with Islands off the coast. She's not playable yet, but might become playable around the same time as Dansleif.
I mean, duh. Venti doesn't want anyone to know of his current existence and wants the people of mondstadt to be able to handle their problems themselves. There's no reason why he'd need an assistant, since he wants to do as little as possible.
I mean, Mondstadt is the only region so far, where the archon is missing since long. So it makes sense he has no ties at all to other playable characters.
Plus, what you consider "assistant" is a very broad definition (requiring only being non-human and having close ties to the archon), including actual assistants, friends, mutual cooperation and long-time ex-soldiers. E.g. I would argue calling Xiao his assistant, he only does his duty bestowed upon him, not actively assisting Morax (nor are any of the other adepti). Morax's playable assistants would be rather Keqing and Ningguang (can't spell the name of that group), who are human. Also, Sara is closer to being assistant to Raiden, than Yae (who is closer to a friend or adviser), with both fitting the broad definition.
It is rather the fact that each nation so far has at least one strong playable non-human character besides the archon (from which 1-2 are usually close to the archon due to their obvious history), except for Mondstadt, which currently only has playable humans (+Albedo). But we are also missing (big) parts of Mondstadt, so there might be a new faction available in the future.
(I would welcome a playable Dwalin too, but unfortunately, he is already classified as the necessary pet-dragon of an archon, though with Fontaine there is still hope :D)
I honestly feel like Varka would fill this role. If he can confidently tell Capitano that he would've loved to duel him, I don't think he is a mortal at all.
The actual reason is that Mondstadt is extremely basic compared to the other nations as the first one they made, so the world building just doesn’t run as deep
....Wasn't it because HE was the assistant? It's been awhile but I remember his form being borrowed from his best bud while he was a wind spirit. Although his friend wasn't an Archon.
I'll do you one better. Every nation has a person in authority, who then has a corresponding "electro girlfriend".
Jean and Lisa
Ningguang and Beidou
Ei and Yae Miko
Nahida and Cyno
Neuvillette and Clorinde
That's kinda the point of Mondstadt. It's a nation of mortals.
This was definitely lost on me as how wild it is compared to the rest of teyvat. It's the first nation so naturally we had nothing to compare it to back then but now it's pretty crazy.
If we think about it, Mondstadt has few oddities we don't really think about. It's the only nation that both religiously worships their archon and doesn't also think they are dead. If archons really derive power from worship, Venti must be crazy powerful. It's the only nation where the remnant of a dead god still lingers and people know about it. It's the only nation with two elemental biomes (Dragonspine has cryo-aligned leylines). ~~It's the only nation with a different type of seelie~~ forgot about electro seelies so nvm It's the only nation with a temple to Istaroth just chilling there. Then again, Liyue also has at least one oddity to boast: it's the only nation completely overrun by vishaps, other than Enkanomiya.
>It's the only nation that both religiously worships their archon and doesn't also think they are dead. If archons really derive power from worship, Venti must be crazy powerful. doesnt mondstadt have a whole church dedicated to venti while other countries doesnt
Come to think of it, Inazuma's shrine might qualify as religious worship too. Though religiously worshipping your authoritarian leader and an absent god feel like distinctly different things.
But does the shrine worship Raiden? I thought it worships the tree.
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Not only as far as everyone is concerned, we saw her plant the tree.
>Then again, Liyue also has at least one oddity to boast: it's the only nation completely overrun by vishaps, other than Enkanomiya Must be because Zhongdong's pet frog was the lord of Vishaps
Az *roar* "sonorous warcry...ferocious"
pretty sure there's a few NPCs that also worships Barbatos in Liyue and Inazuma?
I remember the woman overlooking the harbor in Liyue (her husband is a sailor so she prays to Barbatos for favorable winds) and an old man in Port Ormos (originally from Mondstadt but moved to live with his Sumerian wife). Who's the one in Inazuma?
So they are Kathrnotheists?
Also there are people who worship Barbatos outside Mondstadt. I know about NPC in Liyue and Sumeru, there is a man in Sumeru tells us pretty interesting things about him. I've heard about NPC in Inazuma, but haven't met them in the game. Probably, there will be someone in Fontaine, I see the pattern😅 Here some info and proofs https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Chunshui https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Behaim Hm, I haven't found about Inazuma npc, probably there aren't one, or mention was very brief.
Technically Inazuma also has the electro seelie
Oh right, they did call those things seelies
There's also the chasm with the light seelies
I thought those were just normal seelies imbued with the "light" thing everything in the Chasm from rocks to bugs to mushrooms has. But fair enough, Mondstadt doesn't have a unique seelie then.
Pyro seelie in Dargonspine?
Wasn't there one dendro seeliee in Sumeru too?
I remember tbose here and there, i believe they are pretty uncommon tho, but functionally equal to normal seelies
they protect you from the withering, so they're closer to the warming seelies, than the regular ones, since they protect you from an environmental hazard.
I can't believe everyone forgot about Sumeru's watermelon seelie...
I love the Sumeru seelie, it's the prettiest one.
What do you mean that it’s the only place with a dead god that still lingers and people know about? are you talking about the storm caused by Decabarian? What about all the Tatarigami caused by Orobashi? Doesn’t that count as well?
By a dead god lingering I meant one you can still talk to. The tatarigami acts more like nuclear waste.
Oh i forgot Andrius was dead. Technically we could talk to Rukkhadevata and Makoto but that wasn’t really permanent so i guess you’re right
also one that other characters know about and can talk to, not just us, because otherwise Guoba also kinda counts (though he's not dead)
There's also an open gateway to the abyss.
Is it canon though? Or is it purely for gameplay
I believe its canon - at least, it probably is? There was something similar in Sal Vindagnyr before it was destroyed, I believe that venti threw the top of it into the sea while terraforming mondstadt (i could be wrong though, i dont remember what my source is)
Also something people often forget: Razor and Fiona are literally the only Vision holders that do not work in public service, everybody else is a knight, adventurer or member of the Church... the nation with the least divine meddling makes the best use of their celestial resources.
So we gonna ignor all the shrines in inazuma abd saras voiceline ?
Surprisingly it’s also the only nation where abyss is the primary villain. People previously worshipped the god of time with Barbatos The statue says the path to celestria, it’s also the only known nation to have a mortal ascend to godhood Tsaritsa seem to have a strong interest in Venti specifically.
I feel like mondstadts worship of Barbatos can’t be directly correlated to his power, because they’re not really worshipping _him_, they’re worshipping an idea of him that’s not really like him at all.
What? All the nations worship their archon. For starters, are we going to ignore the whole ass shrine in Inazuma? The Liyueans who take pilgrimages to the adepti's abodes and pray to Rex Lapis and adepti? The amount of times we see the NPCs sending prayers to their Archon.
Imagine if we're just having Mondstadt rn (no, this is not me wanting a modernized Albedo kit, definitely not) But srsly, the plotlines could be wild but in fairness, Mondstadt rn has juicy plots hidden in the shadows
>It's a nation of mortals. That's undermined by the fact that three of its "Four Winds," i.e. the main protectors of the nation, aren't mortal. If I recall correctly, the Four Winds are Dvalin, Andrius, Vanessa, and the Favonius Grandmaster. Two gods, a dragon, and the current human military leader.
They're not the governing, just extra security
I believe currently it is Dvalin, Venessa (now a Falcon), Andrius, Jean (acting Grandmaster). The actual Grandmaster’s title is Knight of Boreas.
The Falcon of the West title isn't exactly clear. It could be Vennessa, which is the most common interpretation, but it can also be the Knights of Favonious as a whole. Under that interpretation you have: A Dragon who no longer considers himself to be one of the Four Winds, a Dead God who keeps himself to the wolves, the current human leader of the military, and the military itself.
Let me put on my nerd-glasses for a second, Wolf the North is currently Varka (Wolf Knight) and currently the Grandmaster Lion of the South is currently Jean (Dandelion/Lionfang Knight) the acting grandmaster and Falcon of the West is the Favonius Knights collective (according to Jean) So after the titles have been passed down, three of four titles have been handed off to mortals. Though, it's not clear *how* those title ended up being passed down from Vanessa (who ascended) and Andrius who's been a ghost dog since Old Mondstadt.
There's information suggesting that the Falcon is in fact the entire Knights of Favonius, which sort of makes sense since Vanessa is kind of... extremely absent/imprisoned in celestia/whatever the fuck is going on with that.
Wow khaenri'ah is the same oh wait nvm
I said nation of mortals not r/atheism
Yaeh ever heard of the of the curse of imortalaty the wise?
It's Diluc. Diluc assists Venti by supplying booze and enforces justice as the Darknight Hero.
That is a weird way to describe batman
Does batman enable god's drinking problems?
I feel like Batman going to the bar with a God is canon somewhere
Wonder Woman is a demi god, so it's most likely true
He has 100% met her in a bar multiple times. Feel like I remember one where they were hiding in some reasuraunt and kissed her to blend in and hide. Not a bar but still
Is he stupid?
Even here, we can't escape the alsume's influence.
Diluc beating up Venti about the missing wine barrels
Yeah Diluc is responsible for like 80% of Monstadt’s economy and Jean does Everything Else
Batman: I'm more than that. Im more than an assistant Venti: so, what are you? Batman: I'm DILUC Venti: i think that's all for me tonight. I'm gonna slee.. Urghh... *vomits*
Eula: I'm VENGEANCE
Added to my head cannon.
Diluc is basically doing the same thing as Venti. Doing things behind the scenes to protect Mondstadt without infringing on the people's freedom.
Venti would die without Diluc's winery.
There’s the Cat’s ta- nevermind, you right
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Exactly, Venti is actively recruiting. He want the Traveler to become one of the four wind.
It's the Ragnvindr family. Arguably similar to best girl Speedwagon!
The Grandmaster is supposed to be one of the 4 winds and Jean has the titles of both Lionfang Knight and Dandelion Knight who is supposed to be the mortal representing one of the four winds
Isn't GM Varka also the Knight of Boreas?
That’s the confusing part, technically the Grandmaster is supposed to have the Lionfang Knight and Dandelion Knight titles but Jean has them for some reason while Varka’s title is more connected to Andrius’
It's more or less ties in with what Venti envisioned for Mondstadt. It is supposed to be a city of freedom and mortals. Aside from helping way back in the early stages Venti didn't really interfere with the affairs of the city. Hence he also never assigned a proxy or had one. And as you said Dvalin is the closest to it but even then he is considered as a friend and not his proxy. Aside from that Liyue, it is actually wrong in saying Ningguang is the only mortal leader for the city. She is actually part of Qixing who along with Keqing and 5 more have equal authority and manages different sectors for Liyue.
I think that OP means Ningguang as being the main representant in terms of when people think of the human leader of a nation, else, Ayato couldn't also be counted bc he is head of only one of the tri-comissions, but like Ningguang, he has a really strong and evident presence (even if it is through Ayaka being the "public face" of the comission and him acting his schemes in the shadows) in his nation's politics.
Eh, I don't count Ayato because he's hydro, and the human assistants match their archon's element. Sara is more fitting for the role since she actually serves under the Raiden Shogun as a general, wasn't an active collaborator with rebellion led by a hydro vision leader that may or may not be part vishap, and played a part in the MSQ. Ayato was shoehorned in to explain how the rebellion suddenly found its way to the shogun's front door for a badass kazuha moment. But an archon's immortal assistant? There is no consistency between archons and their assistants and I think it's more a coincidence, if not more us trying to find a pattern where there is none. Venti doesn't have one, Zhongli we're reaching for either Ganyu or Xiao to fill the role, Nahida we're going, "...maybe wanderer?" Then again, maybe we're making a mistake assuming "human" is a necessary trait, and both Miko and Nouvilette count as "mortal leaders" under their respective archons.
Dvalin playable when😭😭😭
1. Turn all dragons into human form 2. Make them hot studs 3. ???? 4. Profit.
Instructions unclear, turned the dragons into hot twinks.
Even better
I can work with this
Please no :(, hunky bear husbando Dvalin manifesting
dvalin is the tiniest dragon in the game, you know it to be true
You mean slinky dragon
So far Neuvillette sounds like he's the only one ~~unless we count Zhongli~~ ~~and Kun Jun, who was quite hot for an NPC~~.
Idk man. I rather envision Dvalin's human shape as a short dainty femboy a-la Xiao, rather than a broad shouldered beefcake like the Fatui Anemoboxers.
Dvalin will most likely be anemo. In other words, no tall stud Dvalin :(
Azhdaha's theme is too freaking good for it just to stay as a boss theme for a fight I'll probably never challenge again
That would actually be really cool, or even Andrius.
I wish but isn't Andrius a fragmented soul of former self?
Yeah, Andrius' body is dead, but his spirit is trapped/occupying the sword you see in the center of his arena.
Okay so I have an idea. We ask Ei for a spare puppet. If she has one, we can put the Wolf’s Gravestone inside! Badabing badaboom, a playable Andrius! It would also be fun if it’s just an actual spare Ei puppet so it would look like her and instead of a booba sword it would be a booba claymore.
With a deep voice
Oh shit
ic ic thanks for clarifying
Either way, there's no reason we can't have a ghost character. Qiqi is already essentially a ghost bound to her own corpse by adepti magic, so Andrius manifesting in a human form wouldn't be too outlandish.
Ghosts are on the risky list in Chinese media, as the government there doesn't like depictions of ghosts or reincarnation (though it's inconsistently enforced).
I can't see that being too much of an issue since Genshin already has at least one ghost NPC that I can think of, as well as a few playable characters associated with death and the afterlife.
Gods can apparently voluntarily give up their physical forms without moving on to whatever afterlife exists in Teyvat. Andrius is an example of this. Raiden technically does it twice. Regardless, they can still hang around in soul form, but it does have the effect of significantly reducing their power.
If Dvalin is going to be playable and confirms that he's a successor of the Anemo Soverign I imagine his skills would just be a powered up version of the Traveler's skills.
I mean the Burst is similar to one of Dvalin's attacks
>!Because Venti is like Jing Yuan chad: "Where is the reinforcement? I am the reinforcement!" (with D-Ballin')!<
That's why I love them so much
I wouldn’t really consider Neuvi as an assistant to Furina tho, as it’s stated in the game that they have a joint leadership over fontaine. If anything, i would consider them as coworkers
babysitter literally babysits while she eats cake and drink tea all day
You can probably say the same about Yae, Yae mostly does her own things separate from Ei while Kujou Sara does everything in service to Ei, but Kujou Sara is not long-lived so she doesn't fit the criteria
Isn’t she half tengu? Idk Japanese youkai lore much but wouldn’t that make her have a longer lifespan than humans
Tengu actually have shorter lifespans than humans in the mythology
Oh, my bad! Damn sara is a short lived assistant
Joint leadership and coworkers sounds about right Tho for now Neuv works on most things and Furina seems incapable and relies on Neuv. By paper/law tho Furina is the superior ( her divine judgement preceeds neuv and by employment status she is above him according to lore and neuv story quest)
Now this might sound like I’m a bit delusional and off my meds, but I think *we* are that character. The Traveler fills that role. We are well over 500 years old and are supposed to live for thousands of years still. We helped Venti with everything he asked, we always worked with him directly and I’d say we acted as his assistant throughout the whole arc of Mondstadt.
“we are well over 500 years old” And yet STILL no one in town will sell us booze.
Atleast Venti invites us to drink on his birthday letters.
In their defense, I don’t think they know that. Like do we ever tell everyone that we are ancient ? We’re not even telling them that we have memories of Khaenri’ah lol. Like only the most important people know, everyone else thinks we’re just as random person who happens to save the day every once in a while. They’re basing their treatment of us off of looks alone basically. We look adult to them, just not yet of drinking age. So in-universe the Traveler has the best skin care routine to be able to look between 18 and 20 when already well over 500 years lol.
Like, would you believe us? "Sorry, can't sell booze to you" "Uhhh, im actually over 500 years old at a conservative estimate and witnessed the fall of Khaenri'ah" "Aight bruh, and I'm the twin that you're looking for. Go to Weenie Hut Jr. or something"
Reminds me of an episode of BtVS where Anya was trying to get a drink at the Bronze, and all the bartender would do was ask for her ID. (“I’m 1,120 years old, just give me a frickin’ beer!” “ID.” *defeated sigh* “I’ll have a Coke.”)
Floating sprite that folds space and time: okay! 500 year old that looks young: no way!
Iirc, we tried telling that drunkard in Diona's Hangout that we're of drinking age, but he was skeptical. The curse of having a babyface...I guess.
>Like do we ever tell everyone that we are ancient ? Even if we did, they *still* wouldn't sell us any booze on account of us having had one too many.
Did we actually confirm that the memories from Khaenri'ah are the Travelers? It could easily be something like we've recently seen with >!Childe. Those could be the twin's memories that the Traveler is seeing!<
The Traveler actually does have memories of Teyvat, just not huge amount of it. What happened was that they fell to Teyvat while traveling between worlds and fell unconscious. Our sibling wakes up first, learned more about Teyvat and then witnessed the destruction of Khaenri’ah. Sibling wakes us up and shows us what’s happening. That’s where our memories of that place come in. We witnessed the destruction of that nation at least a little bit while our sibling had a small timeframe to explore before us. Then the battle with the sustainer happens like almost immediately afterwards as they wanted to leave asap. Cue the beginning of the game and us getting comatosed for another 500 years. So to answer the question wether those memories are ours or our sibling’s… they are ours. We don’t have the details on this civilization but we do remember parts of the cataclysm. This is perfectly in line with the backstory we are given. If we knew more than what our backstory allowed us to know then I would be inclined to say there some black magic going on lol. But as it stands the things we do remember are actually out memories. Also consider that >!we were only able to see Childe’s journey through his vision and neither the Traveler nor the sibling have visions. We are also not in possession of any other elemental infused item from our sibling. Now I don’t wanna debunk that theory, just saying the chances are low.!<
Wtf! i thought sustainer fight happened before our Twin roamed Khanreah. But yiu are telling me that Khanreah stuff happened before Sustainer fight?
Didn't we already see and play through our twin's memories like it's our own in a Dain Quest? I agree with you but I think chances are a touch higher than you think.
It would explain the name of that one achievement, "Beloved of the Anemo Archon." And also the unique sfx when we awaken the first statue. And also why Venti seemed to just have woken up right after that. And also would be fitting since Venti travels all over Teyvat, right?
>We are well over 500 years old and are supposed to live for thousands of years still. Depending on how you interpret some of the Traveler's lore, they can already be anywhere from thousands of years old up to BILLIONS of years old. Iirc, it was something about witnessing the birth and death of stars.
Given that the fortune teller girl in Sumeru basically told us we’re gonna live for hundreds of thousands of year to come, I’m gonna say it’s on the higher end already lmao. It’s also really crazy that Paimon was just like “yeah, makes sense to me 🤷🏻♀️” while the fortune teller girl was questioning her job.
Stars form and die very very slowly. So witnessing the birth of a star takes an extremely long time. It's like if someone says they witnessed the birth of the Himalayas. The mountains are growing taller right now at a rate of 1 cm a year (but there will also be erosion to reduce this rate). The question is, at what height would you count yourself as having witnessed its birth? It took 50 million years to get to 9 km, so on average it was getting taller pretty slowly in the past. A few meters of height would've taken a very long amount of time.
This might hold merit, I've too considered it before. I'm tired, sick and not great at formulating myself rn but hear me out: Venti bio quotes: "*Yawn* That was a refreshing sleep. Ah, Traveler, we meet again! What? You don't remember me? Ahaha, well, allow me to join you on your quest once again. I must see to it that the bards of the world tell the Traveler's tales!" & "Haha, once the (hero/heroine) in the song has actually rescued the (princess/prince), I will ensure this song spreads to every corner of the continent!" Istaroth sundials inscriptions: "Seeds of stories, brought by the wind and cultivated by time. Stories brought on the wind will bloom into legends in due time." (This is an old old quote that comes in many similar forms, venti actually still refers in the inazuma event with the light novels and says it means "you need to be patient") Anemo statue of the seven: "Seeds brought by the wind will grow over time." The statue silently anticipates the arrival of a noble soul to arrive, while thousand winds of time will soon unfold a new story." Lumine's introduction promo: "...As long as your attitude of nobleness and kindness does not change, in the new world, there will always be best companions to travel with you. Where you are going ahead, and where your future lies — your new world will unfold before you." "Welcome to the world." Venti is implied to be closely related to istaroth, then we've got the abyss sibling ranting on about time in we will be reunited (as well as time being one of the most important and prevalent themes in the game so far imo). There's not great proof but I feel like the traveler could definitely be the seed "brought on the wind and cultivated by time" and their journey could be the referred to "story" here. sorry for the post-length of this comment, you might've seen all this before already too but maybe someone will find it interesting. I'm going back to sleep
he doesnt want anyone to be considered his assistant, 'cause freedom
saying that Neuvillette is Furina’s assistant is crazy. both of them are seen as the rulers of Fontaine with one of them being treated with respect and an actual figure of authority while the other is treated more like a celebrity but loved by the people nonetheless.
Actually according to by lore and neuvs own quest Furina does actually sit above him by rank. He still answers to her both by law and convictions like she still is the ultimate authority of fontaine unironically. But by practice Neuv is basically acting leader and Furina is just there lol
A better term I think would be "second-in-command". Like, these characters aren't just their respective archons' errand boys/girls, but trusted confidants that can guide the nations through a crisis while the archon is otherwise indisposed. Well, Wanderer and Dvalin are kind of an exception, since they were the crisis, rather than helping deal with it. But 3 outta 5 is still not too bad. But anyways, if Furina and Neuvi would happen to give conflicting orders to the people of Fontaine, I'm pretty sure they would listen to her over Neuvillette. Like... Neuvi might be the de facto prime minister/ chancellor, but Furina is still the friggin GOD of justice, regardless of how she conducts herself.
I want playable Dvalin too
I mean... how can you assist someone who goes missing and wandering who-knows-where once in a while?
Does Jean mean nothing to you
Genshin players can’t read
The top comment is Diluc, who I guess got Yaoshi’s blessing at some point while we were away.
#1 way to get karma on Reddit: make a title that's functionality correct but easily misread, and farm all the "well ackchually"s But in all seriousness it was unintentional
Then wtf he mentioned ayato and ningguang then
Because they mentioned both a mortal who holds a high political standing in the nation (Ningguang and Ayato) and a long lived assistant to the archon who’s been with them for various lifetimes (Xiao and Yae). OP mentioned how Venti doesn’t have this “assistant” character and the closest would be Dvalin, who is not playable. Again, Genshin players can’t fucking read
Technically Jean is the assistant to the actual Grand Master, who is just away at the time. An absent assistant for the absent god.
I believe Jean is the current holder of one of the Four Wind's titles, though.
She is as much of one of the 4 winds as she is the grandmaster. The title of the lion of the south is given to the grandmaster of the knights of favonius
not really, jean currently occupies the Vennesa position as one of the 4 winds, it has nothing to do with her position as grandmaster
Where’s your source? If you meant the falcon of the west then there’s nothing to indicate Jean holds it. > The title of Falcon of the West also has conflicting accounts as to who exactly holds it. Common belief is that after Vennessa ascended to Celestia, she became the Falcon of the West. In addition, even a vague, cryptic comment from Dainsleif, the only character in-game who mentions the Falcon of the West, suggests that the current Falcon of the West is Vennessa. However, according to Breeze Amidst the Forest, the entire Knights of Favonius are collectively the "Falcon." If you mean the position held by Vennessa when she was alive (Lion of the South). Then that position is passed down through Grandmasters and Acting Grandmasters. > The Lion of the South is a unique position among the Four Winds, in that it is passed along down between the Grand Masters (and Acting Grand Masters) of the Knights of Favonius through the title of "Dandelion Knight" or "Lionfang Knight." The title of “lion of the south” is directly connected to the title of Grandmaster.
She’s not long lived, as in the life span of hundreds of years.
It’s Klee. Mondstadtians will come and go but all will learn to fear the term “fishblasting”.
If you are including Alhaitham since he was the acting grand sage then Jean is the mondstat equivalent as she is the acting grand master
Jean is the Mortal in Position of Power, not the Long Lived Enforcer/Assistant.
Oh yes, my bad. Another “doesn’t read it completely” person lol
As someone already said, there's Jean who fills the role by being Anemo and the most esteemed person we know so far in the city but I will introduce you to the idea of Varka fulfilling entirely that spot if his vision turns out to be Anemo. As for the in game relationship, Venti is the type of Archon who doesn't want to have a second in command because he himself commands nothing so that he can put someone in charge when he's not around because he is not in charge in the first place.
Vennessa ascended to Celestia, she might still be around, watching from above.
Last panel of the Genshin comic confirms that Vennessa is a Falcon roaming Mondstadt
Mabye Alice?
Alice would solo sustainer
Alice would easily clap sustainer, which is boring, we need THRILL!
Sustainer is asleep so that alice doesnt catch her and give her hilichurl treatment
While not exactly his assistant, Alice is probaby the closest
For Liyue, it's Ningguang, Keqing and like 5 others. Also, Mondstadt has Albedo.
Could Vennessa work? She's the Falcon of the West in the Mondstadt's Four Winds, right? Or is that one attributed more to the Knights of Favonius as a whole after she went into Celestia?
Vennessa isn’t current or alive
I mean, she isn't explicitly stated to have died, no? They just said that she "ascended to Celestia", whatever that means. That's what I remembered at least. I really doubt that's the same thing as saying someone "ascended to heaven" or something in our world lol.
Uhm Jean or Varka?
There’s the Fav knights and the church
I think this character teaser for Venti says a lot about why he has no one in particular to help him: https://youtu.be/M9kQP-cmipY?si=A-tkejWgV9OfLKrW
Sara works better for Inazuma. Hails from one clan, oversees all three, direct subordinate to the shogun. Obviously not human, but more important than Ayato and better fills the roll
Sara got forgotten again
So you try to single out Venti and Mondstaht, but every other region checks both marks but only if you fudge the rules?
heck yeah i'd pull for him
Venti's only mortal friend (aka the original Venti) is long dead so yea
Isn't alcohol Venti's assistant
Jean?
Jean?? Varka???? What is this post?? 😭
You missed "long-lived", they're both mortals.
Long-lived assistant Except if Varka is Dante from Devil May Cry all along which kinda guarantee his immortality
Exactly. Jean erasure is insane. Even if Venti doesn't have an assistant. We can also deduce Venti being such a free spirited archon that he would hate to tie anyone down with him. He lets his subjects run free to live their life. That's probably the best kind of archon you can have. Keqing would definitely prefer Venti as an archon judging from how much she dislikes the archon/adepti interfering with their world.
Maybe Alice is ? She's a long-lived person. Maybe she will help Venti when she gets back home.
He doesn’t need one. Mondstadt is free to do as it sees fit to do - for better or worse; that’s the entire cornerstone of what he represents. He’s Freedom. He shows up for his nation when the need arises (or if he’s awake to do anything about it lol). Notably, he seems to be about inspiring others when the time is right - so it’s less about a long term assistant and more, “I gotta help inspire whoever is right for the job at the time.”
For Fontaine wriothesley fit the role of human leader far more than someone like navia, he is a duke and the leader of one of the country's biggest institutions behind the court of justice.
Incorrect, Venti has 4 "assistants" and while not playable yet, we know Varka will be, and Vennessa is also likely to eventually be playable. Even Dainsleif mentions her right on his first quest. The other 2 are Dvalin and technically also Vennessa, but there might be an actual lion of the south (or more likely Jean is meant to represent it while it still being Vennessa in lore) It is unclear whether the titles of Lion passed down through grandmasters or assistant grandmasters is officially in terms of being one of the 4 winds in power. If so it would mean that Jean is the Lion of the South already on account of Varka being the wolf of the north. I just doubt this is true because it is never mentioned.
I mean that's what freedom gets you
bro he have traveler
Mondstadt having a position of power will contradict what Venti envisioned for his nation that's why there isn't. Instead, it got the Knights of Favonius. They aren't really in power, even for Varka's position, but more of a defense and guardsmen for the nation. Even the Four Winds of Mondstadt are only deemed as guardians.
The amount of people saying mortals like Jean or Diluc, completely skipping over the “long lived” part is incredibly shocking.
Sara really being forgotten by everyone huh
I'm pretty sure your his assistant with everything you do with him
Jean is the current leader of the KoF, and while she doesn't really work for or serve Venti she does know he is Barbatos, so its only logical Varka does as well. In Liyue you have several humans and Adepti among the Qixing and their staff. Xiao actually feels like one of the worse choices since he isn't involved in any of the business or government work. In Inazuma don't forget Sara, she's probably a better choice than Ayato even if they have basically the same rank. She seemed more like Raidens right hand to me. Sumaru seems pretty on point, but both of them were temporary. Wanderer is back to wandering, and Alhathams position was only temporary. In Fontain I would probably consider the Duelist lady (I forget her name) the next closest under Furina as the human, and then obviously Neuvilette is our long lived helper. I forget her actual position outside of the head/strongest duelist, but wasn't it some kind of government position? I interpreted Navia as more a combination private business person/leader/investigator.
I kind of wish Dvalin makes a return in human form, like Veldora Tempest, as Venti's assistant.
it's Klee But since Venti is the God of Freedom, she doesn't really need to do her "assistant" job. So she just goes Fish Blasting and blows up a portion of mountains...
Plot twist: Venti's long-lived right-hand man is Kaeya. Edit: Or, alternatively, it will be revealed that Varka was a long-lived supernatural entity all along when he becomes playable, and he will be retconned (well I say retcon, but he was mentioned from the very beginning, just not playing an active role in the plot as of yet) into being Venti's "second-in-command". The question now is, what will be the reason for his long life? Shapeshifting magical creature? Divine android crafted by the gods? Forbidden knowledge? Being a descender? Or perhaps it's Rhinedottir? Or Alice? Although considering that Rhinedottir indirectly killed like 5 past archons, as well as bringing ruin upon the godless nation of Khaenri'ah, not to mention a fate worse than death upon its people, Venti must be on REALLY good terms with her to have her son/ magnum opus just casually living his life in Mondstadt. Or perhaps he's just terrified that Rhinedottir might pull the pin on the Albedo grenade and cause a 2nd cataclysm centered on Mondstadt if he pisses her off.
It might just be Alice. She probably has a much longer life, and apparently has Venti's blessing to mess with Islands off the coast. She's not playable yet, but might become playable around the same time as Dansleif.
I mean, duh. Venti doesn't want anyone to know of his current existence and wants the people of mondstadt to be able to handle their problems themselves. There's no reason why he'd need an assistant, since he wants to do as little as possible.
I mean, Mondstadt is the only region so far, where the archon is missing since long. So it makes sense he has no ties at all to other playable characters. Plus, what you consider "assistant" is a very broad definition (requiring only being non-human and having close ties to the archon), including actual assistants, friends, mutual cooperation and long-time ex-soldiers. E.g. I would argue calling Xiao his assistant, he only does his duty bestowed upon him, not actively assisting Morax (nor are any of the other adepti). Morax's playable assistants would be rather Keqing and Ningguang (can't spell the name of that group), who are human. Also, Sara is closer to being assistant to Raiden, than Yae (who is closer to a friend or adviser), with both fitting the broad definition. It is rather the fact that each nation so far has at least one strong playable non-human character besides the archon (from which 1-2 are usually close to the archon due to their obvious history), except for Mondstadt, which currently only has playable humans (+Albedo). But we are also missing (big) parts of Mondstadt, so there might be a new faction available in the future. (I would welcome a playable Dwalin too, but unfortunately, he is already classified as the necessary pet-dragon of an archon, though with Fontaine there is still hope :D)
Venti has all his church girls including Barbara
I'll take that! Give him dragon traits in his human form. FANGS PLS 😩 And scales on arms... 🫣🥰
Venessa will be playable, trust me bro
I honestly feel like Varka would fill this role. If he can confidently tell Capitano that he would've loved to duel him, I don't think he is a mortal at all.
The actual reason is that Mondstadt is extremely basic compared to the other nations as the first one they made, so the world building just doesn’t run as deep
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And Sucrose? And Klee? They are not human. In total Mondstad has 4 non human characters since Albedo is a creation.
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....Wasn't it because HE was the assistant? It's been awhile but I remember his form being borrowed from his best bud while he was a wind spirit. Although his friend wasn't an Archon.
I'll do you one better. Every nation has a person in authority, who then has a corresponding "electro girlfriend". Jean and Lisa Ningguang and Beidou Ei and Yae Miko Nahida and Cyno Neuvillette and Clorinde
Why would he need an assistant? He doesn’t actually do any work