Who Is Yelan? [Genshin Impact Lore, Theory, and Discussion]
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- Genshin lore, why is Yelan hot?
Also if Yelan IS a Harbinger, this means that constellations on the cards can be different, which is uhh.......huh?
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I think her story quest will be heavily tied to the chasm, maybe she'll give us some sumeru lore as a treat.
OR she will be the main focus of a future world or archon quest similar to how Shenhe and Diluc's story quests where integral parts of the main story.
She reminds me a lot of shenhe, hopefully they will become friends
Personally I think Lisa is the first candidate to introduce us to sumaru specially the academia.
Xingqui: have u heard the expression same person different face?
Yes we have xingqui yes we have xD no way that wasn't intentional
Yelan’s design reminds me most of Khaenri’ans and the Abyss Order, honestly. The only thing she’s missing are the signature Khaenri’an eyes
I wouldn't be surprised if she turns out to have Khaenri'an ancestors.
I think that all we're been thinking lately especially after the Dain chasm quest are Khanrians.
it's because she looks like kaeya
Yelan gibs me Shenzhnayan vibes for some reason
Prolly it's cause of that coat
Rest aside, her design is really cool and stylish and suxy
She looks like a night mode cryo abyss mage very much like kaeya
I thought she was a harbinger because she gives off a dark secretive vibe. and we haven't seen a new harbinger since 1.1 so I hoped that she was one.
Honestly same, though I think there will only be one more female harbinger. I thought she was from the abyss too because of her outfit
Honestly i thought she was a harbinger too but i remembered that all harbingers have masks present in their design and yelan doesn't seem to have one
@@butter4104 Not to mention we already know all the Harbingers constellations, and hers does not line up with any of them. Leaks say she's clearly affiliated with Yanshang Teahouse.
Maybe she could be a former Harbinger that left the Fatui?
Yeah, and her ascension mats are similar to Childe, so….
The secrecy feels like the men in black or spies & counter spies. Her being an archer might give us the sneaky assassin sniper archetype.
I'd love for her to have mentored Childe at some point in the past maybe when he fell into the abyss.
Seeing more "shadowy" characters to the game would be a great addition to the world building. Makes it seem that despite the current peace between nations (somewhat) there is still distrust between them and each nation requires special individuals for intelligence and counter-intelligence, it makes the nations more believable.
We had shady since Kaeya. And the Liyue Qixing literally have the entire Inn run by their informants.
There were some discussions in Chinese community whether Yelan's design is Liyue-ish or not. And an explanation that can be accepted by most is that, in lore, she is some kinda intelligence middleman and secret agent, therefore she naturally wants to hide her cultural characteristics so that she won't be noticed when she tries to sneak into other countries. So in general, she looks not so Liyue-ish, but has some small Liyue-ish details with her.
The jacket actually give me some 20th century Hongkong gangster movies vibe. In those movies, the gangster bosses always like to drape a jacket or a coat over their shoulders.
u do realize GAME mechanics doesnt allow characters to actually change their cloths and underwear right... for the sake of lore.. i highly doubt anyone is not changing cloths everyday.. and all people would simply not only wear the closth they packed when travelign b utt also the cloths they bought in the place they traveled too...
so personally i think the clothing argument is utter nonsense and foolish
what im saying is. .. ya'll putting too much focus in to the cloth in terms of the story.. 😂
also to "hide" ur culture to blend in with another culture means u have to KNOW that culture so hiding is pointless as anyone would simple just fit in with the place they are currently residing in...
conclusion.. no npc ever changes cloth for game mechanics.. i highly doubt that actually reflective of the lore.. so im saying ya'll are looking WAY TO DEEP.. xD
@@InanisNihil well aren't you a barrel of sunshine.
@@AA-cf4es nah im a vampire.. i sleep during the sun light not to mention most people work those hrs.. plus all the clubs and bars are best at nite... shove ur sarcasm back down ur throat .. and "say it with ya chest little ass nigga" read that qoute in a kevin heart voice too ua-cam.com/video/777IV9vFlo8/v-deo.html
Indeed🤩🤩
@@InanisNihil characters may not be able to change clothes, but they are designed with purpose and intent. it is perfectly reasonable to discuss her design when half of what makes a genshin character is their aesthetic.
All these Liyue characters and im still waiting to see how long it takes before we get a Mondstatder. Last one was Eula iirc so its been... What a year?
I hope we find Varka in some other region since he is on a expedition.
Maybe on Fontaine or Natlan or maybe even Snezhnaya we'll meet with him.
@@jadesides51 he's on an expedition in the dandelion sea in mondstadt so personally, i dont think we'll see him in any other region. i do think we'll see him within the 3.x patches however. there is potential for the dandelion sea being added as another sub region for mondstadt.
As far as I know Thoma is from Mondstadt originally but jokes aside Varka and Alice are not yet been revealed prob in future banners
Hoyoverse does have a bias towards Liyue lol, we might not get a new Mondstat character until 3.3
Given that sumeru is coming out after the summer we might not see a new mondstadt character for a while, but that could be untrue, we got 3 liyue characters after inazuma came out
I see no reason to doubt Ningguang's judgement that she can trust Yelan. However, I wouldn't be surprised if, like Kaeya, she hangs out with some very shady connections as part of her intelligence network.
Hearing Beidou's line about her, and considering Allegra Clark's range, I wouldn't be surprised if Yelan is voiced by her for the English voice (ngl if it was the case I might end up rolling after all)
I hope its Allegra, I just like her voice too much
i’m already obsessed with her design AND i main beidou, if that does turn out to be the case i’ll lose my mind fr
the line beidou says is not about yelan 😭 its a line from her hangout event
I love her James Bond/Secret Agent aesthetic. It's incredibly unique for this game.
Yelan and Shenhe are my favourite characters in game so far. Their designs are absolutely gorgeous and I have a feeling Yelan will have a shady backstory that explains why she was so interested in the chasm.
my theory is that she's the gambler from the gambler set and that she's actually a ghost.The set's story is very short but it does mention that the gambler is a woman and judging by the design of the watch, she was probably shot near her chest. Yelan's design has a dice and she's called a phantom but that's really all my evidence. Maybe i've been farming the dragspine domain for too long 😅
Well she has a mole on a specific spot on her chest, it could perhaps also be a hint towards the shot near the chest?
Either way I look forward to finding out
Please. That would mean Chongyun didn't spot a ghost in front of him.
i get spy vibes from her and if anything gambling and cheating death is what spies do as well as being as elusive as a ghost
@@yengereng9962 she might be Skirk and a spy from Snez
thats why she wrote chongyun down because she needs to avoid exorcists because she a g h o s t
She is mostly a gambler since the tea house in Liyue are so freaking hostile. Probably might one of her sources of information since you need to have connections to the underground.
She might be a good starting point to the Chasm and possibly are way in to Sumeru since she has been investigating in the Chasm.
Damn, nobody seem to realise Yelan’s design is actually heavily based on early-mid 20th century Shanghainese fashion, when costal cities like Shanghai are culturally heavily influenced by western culture. During this period, Shanghai received a nickname of “Paris of the East”. As a Shanghainese myself I immediately recognised this design trait. So in a sense, you’re definitely correct in a sense calling Yelan’s design modernised Liyue style
I literally started the video thinking I was hearing a voice line from Yanfei. It boggles my mind when I found out I wasn’t and I must say I love your voice.
I hope Yelan really IS an “undercover” ruin guard now 😂
If yelan followed us all the time through the Chasm doesn't that also mean she saw all things we did during the archon quest with dainsleif?
That's the Question. How much since she seemed to have stopped after we fought the Chasm digger.
But yeah, how much DOES she know?
Sad you didn't mention anything from the gamblers artifact set since I imagine it is referring to her in its lore
Oh yeah i absolutely forgot that artifact even exists. I was kinda focusing on the General voicelines we already have. I wonder if this is her or is this is a red herring (really wary of artifact lore correlations after the Maidens Beloved, Signora incident)
@@ChillwithAster maiden beloved doesn't really connect with signora, just because there was a white knight and a pining lady involved. The maiden beloved was such a passive character waiting and growing old, nothing like Signora who set herself on fire to seek revenge on the ones who killed Rostam.
She already has the crimson witch of flames set and the stainless bloom from the pale flame set. Just connected the wrong character to the wrong story.
The Gambler set story is very vague but does specify the main character to be female. The only details it could provide is potential insight on how she operates. She only takes her chances when rolling the dice but usually uses trickery in most things, and places importance in keeping a calm and collected mind no matter the situation. Which sounds reasonable to imagine her being like that, considering Xiangling says that she eats Jueyun chilies raw meaning very little can faze her.
@@ChillwithAster I just figure since she had a dice necklace she was probably gambler o3o but HarmonialArt brings up good points
Colombina having a hydro vision makes sense but I think she'll be introduced with Fontaine or alongside another Harbinger such as Arlecchino or Pierro
Exactly plus in Commedia Dell'arte Arlecchino and Columbina are lovers if I remember correctly
It was leaked that Arleccino is the next Fatui harbringer we meet. Therefore, Colombina might make an appearance as well since both are lovers in the play.
They didn't say that we WILL meet him they jist said that arlecchino is involved with it and its from the secret fortune thing they just mentioned him nothing more
@@renceaustria7092 Oh
I think it would be quite sick if the dice ornament links her with the "casino-esque" place in Liyue known as Yansheng Teahouse... I mean the place literally has bouncer like guards at the door. Plus, it might be a good place to gather info from as her ministry of civil affairs work.
Before watching:
I had this crack theory half-joke that she's Pulcinella because they both have a leg flap, similar colours, fluff around neck, and Yelan has multiple identities, and Pulcinella's face is hidden in Travail video which could be for a twist reveal, and I think some people said her clothes look like someone from Fontaine or Snezhnaya
Maybe yelan is a contra - contra spy; the fatui could believe she spies liyue for them, but she actually spies the fatui 4 Liyue and make believe otherwise
The lore is getting deep now
She has alot of fatui vibes. Especially when u are comparing her with fatui agents. Her jacket has fur and this is odd for liyue, her E looks like fatui agent`s invisibility. Yelan is definitely has some connection with them or she is double agent.
Her Design is based on Hong Kong Gambler King Films.
Maybe not Fatui infiltrating the ministry, but someone from the ministry working to infiltrate fatutu? If they have this much influence in Liyue after all, someone must be investigating them, right?
I doubt outside nations can infiltrate the Fatui. Seems to be they are stringent on such membership.
Love your videos, can you make One on the mysterious letter found in the Chasm? It has been translated since different players get different non blurred Lines. It translates to:
Even if im not the protector of khaenri'ah
Nor the Inazuma or barbatos Who holds a lyre
Even if i cannot fly like a Pegasus
Nor a White,fast Shapeless carriage
Together with the Winged god and the Power to fly in the air
I desire the Speed of the Wind
Friend, use It and entrust yourself to me
I may exhaust my bones
And be infected by multiple diseases
My friend,while im searching for you
The skies will fall
And Lies will collapse
There are different translations, like someone uses love instead of friend ecc
It could be that she could be like Yae Miko: accepts the demands of others, helps them out, seemingly freely... yet asks even higher form of payment of her own after the deed is done, usually in the form of intel. Due to her being in with the gov't, people hardly have a chance to refuse those demands. Which makes her all the more valuable to keep as a friend.
I don’t know why but her design screams Fontaine??? But looking at the details is easy to see liyue
Omg me too.
I thought at first,with the blueish aesthetic and her having a Hydro vision.
@@jadesides51 and also the fur for some reason
Probably why I love her so much. Fontaine and Snezhnaya are my most anticipated regions and she could easily have connections to both.
@@helenamelo4398 Mona does have fur, but so do a lot of Liyue characters.
Honestly if she is Colombina, I hope they incorporate card symbols into Arlecchino's design. It would give them a connection as they both love to play games with those around them.
i love her looks and her kit! I got the same vibe with Shenhe and I looking forward for her!
i don't think she is a fatui harbinger for the simple reason that it seems kinda pointless that out of the 11 members the first 2 which were made playable are both hydro bow users
WoooooOOOOOooOOOOo production level is increasing with voice acting and voice filters. Wow Aster.
I wish your videos garnered more attention... It is greatly deserved. You're very reliable, intelligent, and eloquent in speech.
i absolutely love your voice big sis😊
there's a lot of people think that she's a yaksha. i don't think she is. i do agree with your theory that she is the shadow for the ministry of civil affairs. the fact that she suddenly appear in the chasm quest, maybe she is watching us while watching the fatui movement since chasm is an important area that relates to the archon war and the cataclysm. so she's making sure that they don't do anything reckless that can harm liyue but in shadow so she can know the reason why the fatui is there.
*Free Harbinger baby!*
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So Yelan is like the CIA of the Ministry of civil affairs.
All I know is that her haircut is a full math equation where you need to find x.
shes a MOMMY thats who she is
@Moth i wish i was "people" :0
All I see in terms of Yelan, is Spy x Family bleeding into Genshin and I am all for it.
The only thing I can think of is how fancy her clothes is. It feels like she belongs in some kind of rich family. Also, after pointing out the dice she wears on her neck, it's possible she might has some connection to gambling. She probably gambles a lot.😅
Feel like she’s connected to the Fontaine Archon, hence her mysterious vibe. And eager for justice since she works for the Ministry of Civil Affairs. And I have a hunch part of Fontaine will be available immediately after Sumeru like a one two punch. But yeah, looks have a Liyue appearance. But based off leaks, some of her character doesn’t appear to be from Liyue at all.
such a cool character, also i think the jacket is attached by the neck
As one of the people who asked your opinion about her being a harbinger in one of your streams, I actually saw the theory in a tiktok video and it kinda made sense so •-•
When I first saw her at first glance, she looked like someone who works or owns a Casino. That or a Mafia boss. That and I honestly wasn’t sure if she was from Liyue or Mondstadt because of how she was dressed. But I can’t wait for her to come and we know more about her
My theory is that she is related to Xingqiu (kinda like chungus), as a part of famity that went into gambling depth and was banished/imprisoned.
Yelan ring on wrist could be some type of slave spell that will cut her hand if she goes against the master (civil affairs), till she pays off the famity debth.
A bowman with no hand, cant use the bow any more.
Aren't she supposed to be the hydro Adepti Yaksha that got sealed and imprisoned in the chasm?
Why everyone missed that?
Source?
@@ChillwithAster Source is : " Trust me bro " xD
Seriously tho this is how I came to believe this:
-We know from the cinematics that the electro Yaksha betrayed, sealed and maybe "killed" the hydro Yaksha.
-It was also heavily implied that a Yaksha got sealed in the Chasm.
-Then every time we saw Yelan, the crew in the chasm asked us if we found the lost Yaksha.
-We were told and reminded so many times about the legend of the lost Yaksha in the chasm.
-I thought it was quite obvious that we are supposed to encounter her "the hydro Yaksha" in the chasm.
I dunno you are the expert in Genshin lore, but this is my take on this. I'll follow your lead I love your videos and I always find myself agreeing and learning from your theories ❤❤
Don't know too much about her personality, but I do know I love her already. Thanks for making this.
Haven’t watched it but yelan is described in liyues notice board.
She runs the gambling house. And this is reinforced by her dice and her skill being a gamble
Aster I loved the touch of the spongebob meme when Beidou was impersonating the ministry 😂😂😂
“She could be ruin guard “LMAO XDXDXDXD
Fun fact, according to Keqing's English profile voice over Yelan is pronouced Yālan.
i haven't finished the Chasm's archon quest yet but, from the Chasm Quest & from lines of my Liyue characters, I suspect Yelan is either the Qixing's spymaster or shadow head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. I see Yelan as being the Liyue equivalent of Kamisato Ayato & Kaeya (not Diluc, though both use their commercial enterprises as part of their underground intelligence networks).
I have assumed that Yelan's running of that Exclusive Teahouse (cough gambling parlour cough) we players are prevented from entering is Just Canon, though it may not be openly known (appearing there as a mere customer, perhaps?) to enable her to hold an official role within the Ministry &/or the Qixing without censure.
Love ur videos
Maybe she can actually read minds or perhaps she has that level of insight into people.
i can just imagine a picture of someone sniffing their monitor violently when she talked about yelan's design and it kept zooming in
i think she's mentioned on a bulletin board near the alchemy in liyue as "that fox at the yanshang teahouse" that is actually a casino undercover lol so she's a gambler of some sort indeed
Yelan is mysterious and there is no way that anyone can gain any knowledge of her. The Ministry of Civil Affairs requests for you to stop investigations of the identity of Yelan immediately as it has caused rumors and unrest to spread amongst the citizens of Liyue whilst harming the mental wellbeing of Yelan herself. You may now rest your search for the truth of what she is content in knowing that we have spared you many futile hours.
where did you get this info?
@@emopeterparker7 It concerns you not
@@byeguyssry are you secretly yelan yourself?
@@emopeterparker7 Preposterous that you would make such a claim, not to mention your grammatical error that showcases a lack of thought put into the comment
When I see her I just feel like she's a character from Naruto for some reason lol But I love her design, it's super cool, and I can't wait to hear her voice lines and find out more about her. I've been saving ever since they announced her to pull for her!
Yelan is secretly the water archon hiding in plane sight, living a normal life while taking a different identity when doing archon stuff behind a mask.
Everyone: Yelan
Keqing: yealan
nice video as always
btw great Ganyu impression :) I like the video also, it's cool
the think that really tick my brain is that her costume/outfit is really not look like outfit of Liyue playable characters, you see, all the Liyue playable characters have a distinctive look that can separated them from other region, but Yelan look different, it feel she bought that outfit from another region lol
Me who just think she looks like Kaeya long lost sister
I swear, when Ganyu talks about someone who she knows very well or someone who she doesn't intend to meet with. She gives off that "I'm at gunpoint" vibes.
i have a huge feeling her lore will be intertwined with baizhu’s
she strikes me as a nightlife high ranking CIA field agent, or like a private investigator who used to work as a trusted IMF agent (abit like ethan hunt)
Im having doubts about her being Khaenri’an (she doesn’t have the star) but if she is I’d be very happy because our Khaenri’ans are in Mondstadt
Dang.. I love your voice.
Yelan will have my wallet and it's ready for her.
In my opinioni Yae is Colombina because reading her story i see soo much similitudine
Free harbinger BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. That got me lol.
I always thought of yelan as a cross between 007 and a hitwoman.
"Rexona ad pose" spilled my coffee there
I'm pretty sure the ministry of civil affairs are like the local Fatui of liyue. And there is a phrase that reminds me of the way the Fatui interact with the ministry: "even the traveling dragon doesn't pick a fight with the local snake"
yo that ganyu voiceover was so accurate i thought it was her 😂
It is her D:
@@ChillwithAster NO NO I MEANT her va hehe my bad. GREAT VIDEO BTW!!!!
0:04 holy crap she sounds like Ashikai
People think she’s part of the harbingers because of the mask on her upper back! But personally, I think that her personality will be somewhat of Shenhe and Sara combined. Mysterious yet very goofy
Wait hol up theres a mask on her upper back????
@@ChillwithAster slr politics was so hectic 😭 but yeah!!! Not really a mask but the lil thing holding the coat together kind of looks like a mask!
Ganyu held at gunpoint sounded really good though. Might be the best voice over yet!
my personal take is that Yelan is one of the missing Yaksha, simply because the miners and lore state that there were Yaksha and what not within the chasm and then just after that we first see Yelan in the chasm, I just think i'd be neat foreshadowing but we dont really know until she comes out
Ah, yes. I can neither confirm now deny that Yelan is a Ruin Guard without secretary’s approval.
Poor Chongyun. He was just doing his job lol.
The power of anime/games keeps the coat from falling
personally, I thought Yelan had something to do with the adepti/. There was something about rumors of a yaksha in the Chasm, and Yelan's design is pretty similar to that of the hydro yaksha. Plus, the 2.7 promational art has a huge picture of Xiao's face, so putting two and two together, it seems like Yelan may have ties to the hydro yaksha
She could be the owner of the boat just outside Liyue harbor which is said to be a boat for gambling.
about her coat right, what if shes got it equipped as a weapon, so it floats on her back lmao
Yeah she is definitely the yaksha that we thought we were gonna see at the bottom.
I feel like yelan is going to have the feel of the rich auntie that loves mah jongg that every asian kid had
Yelan is Genshin's Ada Wong. You can't convince me otherwise.
The ministry is pretty much Yashiro commission of Liyue
Aster will we talk about what kazuhda was poking??
Her E skill is similar to dainsleif speed dash from the cut seen so I guess she’s from Khaenriah
I'm one of those people who thought she didn't look "Liyuen" enough. And tbh it was mostly because I thought she looked like a pop star, hence why she might have been a visitor from Fontaine. Fontaine is the nation of advanced tech and that music festival Xinyan talked about, and also the nation of the Hydro Archon. All of that together just made me think Yelan wasn't from Liyue. But it is interesting to see a more modern Liyue character now that I know
She's probably Dai Li secret police *sweats*"I think my main issue with her is that I need to give her the other sac bow so she can double collect energy like Xingqiu, then I'm not sure what set to run with her. I could run 2set milileth for hp and 2 set bonus burst damage from like noblesse. Or just quad noblesse for team damage. I feel like full ER emblem would be a bit overkill unless I didn't run Sac bow with her but I don't have a great 5 star bow for her so I'd have to go with stringless or favonius or something.
I think she is basically the Ada Wong of genshin she shows up all mysterious helps out the mc and disappears.
The forgotten and ghost of Hydro Yaksha (应达 Yìngdá) , Yelan. Known also as Indarias god of Rain
Also childe's master. The one who leak liyue's information, Skirk
Sick, I love Bo Bing. I won a Bo Bing set before at all a supermarket promo, how nostalgic.
PLOT TWIST: higher in the Ministry's list is Venti. JK
I was so confused on what ashikai was doing in aster's video :O