[2.5] The Beginner's Guide to Genshin Impact Lore - Mondstadt
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- If you ever wanted to get into the lore of Genshin Impact but wasn't quite sure where to start, you're in the right place! This Beginner's Guide to Mondstadt is part of a series of videos where I will be covering the lore of Genshin Impact in a nutshell. Excellent for beginners and new players to get a very quick understanding of kinda complicated histories, and also useful for experienced lore enthusiasts who just want a quick refresher.
This guide is NOT a comprehensive one. It's meant to be used as a framework upon which you can deepen your understanding. Therefore, there are a lot of things left unmentioned.
I have also made a couple of assumptions which will be outlined below.
*TIMESTAMPS*
0:00 Introduction & Disclaimer
1:30 Old Mondstadt
5:21 Rise of the Anemo Archon
9:26 Era of Aristocracy
11:35 Rise of the Knights of Favonius
13:00 The Cataclysm
16:24 Outro
*ASSUMPTIONS*
1) Barbatos is the wisp of wind that answered the prayers of the Gunnhildr Clan - This is not actually explicitly stated anywhere but thus far the only wind spirit mentioned in game is Barbatos. If it's not him, then a wind wisp basically appeared and then disappeared with no explanation.
2) Barbatos went from the Gunnhildr Clan to Old Mondstadt - The order of events is also unclear. I made this assumption purely because it makes sense that answering the cries of the clan would be the best way for him to learn about what's happening in the city.
3) The Red Headed Knight was a predecessor of the Raginvindr clan - This is mostly because the knight in the cutscene looks exactly like Diluc's father, Crepes. Also not explicitly stated anywhere.
4) Venessa chose to be a gladiator before pissing off the Lawrence clan - This is ambiguous and the exact point of time this occurred is unclear. I made this assumption because it made sense to the video's narrative.
*HELPFUL LINKS*
- Genshin Impact Manga
genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/manga/
- Genshin Impact Wiki
genshin-impact.fandom.com
- Genshin Impact UA-cam Channel
/ genshinimpact
*Links to get you started:*
- Crimson Witch of Flames
Crimson Witch - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
La Signora/Rosalyne - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Pale Flame (Stainless Bloom) - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Rostam - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
- Gods (Decarabian, Andrius/Boreas, Barbatos/Venti, Dvalin)
Decarabian - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Decarabian's Epic - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Andrius/Boreas - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Barbatos/Venti - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Four Winds - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Dvalin - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
- City of Mondstadt, Old and New
Mondstadt - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Old Mondstadt - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Favonius Cathedral - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
- Era of Aristocracy
Aristocracy - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Wanderer's Troupe - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...)
Ursa the Drake - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Venessa - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Parsifal - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Kreuzlied - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
- Noble Clans
Gunnhildr - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Biography of Gunnhildr - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Sacrificial (weapons set) - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Royal (weapons set) - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Imunlaukr - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Lawrence - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
Ragnvindr - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik...
- Misc
Windblume - genshin-impact.fandom.com/wik... - Ігри
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**NOTES**
- Correction: Venessa didn't directly defeat Ursa. Venti drove him away with a wink(?). Perhaps it would have been better to write, "As a result of Venessa's bravery and with the help of Barbatos, Ursa was driven away, not seen again for another thousand years."
- Clarification: The official title of the "Four Winds" wasn't actually established until the Era of Aristocracy, but as far as we know the roles of each of the winds basically remained the same prior to them obtaining an official title.
@Ashikai
Funfact: Lionfang and Dandelion are the same Word in german (Löwenzahn) so it is a pun ^^
so basically they tellin us ursa gonna be a weekly boss and maybe a villain in natlan
I don't like reading some of the ingame story so it's nice that you do recaps and such :)
Venti said to Ursa: "Vade retro draco". Go away dragon, in English. Then, Ursa was defeated by Crepus Ragnvindr. Unfortunately, he succumbed to the delusion that he used, and the knights covered up his story with the one where the harbinger, Dottore, is the hero ☹️
Also, I know this is pretty late. I only got wind of it after watching 3 times 😅
I think Vennessa didn't die-or there's no mention of it, as far as I know. Also, there's a discrepancy between the manga and the book, The Legend of Vennessa. In the manga, Vennessa didn't agree immediately on Venti's plan. In the book, she did. But I guess that's not too important 😅
Thanks for creating beginner's lore on Mond! At least when I forgot something, I'll just have to watch your vid instead of re-reading everything 🙂
@@Blueflamey I think we heard that Dottore ended up defeating the drake. As for whether that's true or not tho...I don't think we have any means of confirming it. I haven't heard of Crepus being the one who defeated Ursa.
I love that shes basically adopted Yanfei as an avatar for these videos. Much better than when she was regularly switching them.
I want her to do an Yanfei voice impression SOOOO bad. Feel like she can do it.
i read quite a bit of the lore as research, so i was already aware of all this, but it is a great video and reference point. And so, I’d like to talk about Andrius a bit more.
He is not a fan of humanity, but he doesn’t hate them. He sees them as disappointing, dishonest, what have you, but acknowledges that it is the fault of the masses, not the individual, hence why he adopted razor and other human infants in the past. he welcomes them into his band of outcasts, but is always aware that even humans raised by wolves are still humans. they are inherently different, and are not to be involved in wolf matters, but he still sees them as his own.
upon decarabian’s defeat, and being presented with the opportunity to become the archon, he knew he did not love humanity the way an archon should, and declined the position. he also realized that his powers were not suited to harbor and nurture life, and allowed his physical body to reenter the earth and land but he still remains as a spirit to protect the wolves and raise any infants that end up on his doorstep.
he still agreed to become one of the four winds, though. whether it is for his wolves alone, any humans that come his way, a general love for and protectiveness over mondstadt, or simply because barbatos asked, i dont know, but i think hes a very fascinating character that i would like to see more of.
tl;dr he holds a distasteful but largely neutral opinion of humanity and what humans become as they grow older, but welcomes outcasts and babies since they are impressionable and can be better what humanity would make them. because of this, he chose to decline the role of archon.
Good insight! Hope some others see this too.
One of the main reasons I love Razor os because of his relationship with Andrius and what he represents... I Think the same way you said! Really hope we get to see more of him when Varka gets released, as he'll definitely expand Razor's Lore and Mondstadt's lore in general
Theory: because venti was able to friend various "monsters" (andrius + dvalin) along with many other "heroes" (nameless bard, Vanessa, the clans, ect) that's why friendship (or lack there of) is a common theme between anemo vision users
Most likely not. Yes there are a few that revolvrs around friendship like kazuha and sucrose, but sayu isn't. Also eula has friendship with amber but she is crying, while fischl has lack of friends, but she is electro. At this point personality may not link to visions.
@@yannlee7821 I agree with you that anemo doesn't always have a connection with the theme of friendship, it mostly has to do with freedom, and seeking what that means for every different individual. But even if anemo was closely related to the theme of friendship, I don't think that would... prevent vision holders of other elements from having meaningful friendships XD
btw, Andrius is also a god lmao he's not just a random monster that Venti befriended. he was actually the main opponent of Decarabian during the Archon War. he froze the entire land of Mondstadt which led Decarabian to create a huge impenetrable wind barrier to protect his people. Andrius conceded to Venti because he doesn't love humans enough and therefore, he cannot be a good ruler for them.
There’s been multiple theories of what personality traits correspond to which vision, and so far they all contradict each other, as of now there’s not a single solid trait that links people of a specific element together as there always is one of several characters that contradict that pattern
@@angelic252
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I do feel Mondstadt has an even bigger part to play in the story of Genshin Impact. Despite it being the very first nation we explore, it could very well be the last or second to the last nation we could return to since it is closest to Celestia.
Lovely idea, really refreshing to get to know Mondstadt once again.
Side suggestion: Maybe you can put the source of the info [book, quest, artifact set, item, etc.) somewhere on the screen (in a corner, for example). That way, when new info that may conflict current info comes out, we can have easy and quick reference
I like this idea
Citations are usually in the description box. For a straight lore video I tend not to cite very much because basically all my sources are echoed on the Wiki's page for Mondstadt and therefore really easy to find, but I did link the manga and a few other things that you can look at.
I second this (if it's not too much trouble) more because it's a beginner's guide so it would be easier for the beginners to use as a springboard to research.
I just love the little wordplay they have with "Lionfang" and "Dandelion" knight as a german it really amuses me since they basically both mean "Löwenzahn" in German. Löwenzahn could mean lionfang if you talk about the animal or dandelion if you talk about the flower.
If the rumors that we'll eventually get an expansion into Northern Mondstadt, including Dornman Port, in the future is true, we may get more information behind Istaroth's involvement with Barbatos and Mondstadt which means an even deeper look into Mondstadt's past and history.
This is a great series idea, can't wait for the rest! :)
Mondstadt is just pure nostalgia
This is such an amazing idea! With this I will at least know where to start when it comes to understanding genshin lore. Please do this for other regions as well. ^-^
Great idea! I'll watch the full series!
On a side note, Mondo really gives me early Attack on Titan vibes with the whole theme of freedom, birds and walls. Both of them are kinda based on Germany too.
Well, in Attack On Titan, there are monsters roaming outside the walls that are eventually revealed to be humans from another nation.
And in Mondstadt, there are ALSO monsters roaming outside the walls that are eventually revealed to be humans from another nation.
:o
Mondstadt is the best zone with the best characters for sure
I love their interactions, can't wait to see more
"you knew the full lore of Mondstadt but have you forgot?" THAT'S ME LMAO
I actually haven't but still lol
I think Barbatos also slept cuz he too was infected by the Abyss just like Dvalin. But unlike Dvalin who injested alot Venti was able to remove all of it.
Oh my goodness, I just got a random thought. Remember how in the Raiden Shogun Story Quest Act 2, we actually got to see spirits of the dead appearing due to the damage done to the Sacred Sakura? What if Andrius is also the same? What if there's a major ley line root that is perpetually severed, allowing for Andrius to take a constant physical, but not so physical form? That way his memory and the memory of his existence would be preserved, would it not? I may very well be wrong, but here's food for thought, I guess! :o
I adore this series already, especially because Genshin's lore always comes in waves, you start to "forget" what happened in the past and you don't get all the important, gap-filling information at the same time as you play the story quests. It's a fresh reminder of the amazing world building and lore of Genshin Impact. Thank you! :D
I really hope they add more stuff in theme with Istaroth and Monstadt's legends and myths in Monstadt but I doubt they will since the area is mostly complete. The unnamed island related to Istaroth, the NPC Vind at Strombearer's Point that performs a long lost tradition, Andrius's past and lore, the hilichurl tribes at Dadaupa Gorge, Venti's former self... It all gives a profound sense of mystery, like the allure of a lost legend waiting to be uncovered. "Stories brought on the wind will bloom into legends in due time." That describes whole atmosphere of this place pretty well. Discovering the stories of what are now legends
Am I the only one who thinks Mondstadt have more (undisclosed) area? Hopium.
@@TheDhanaMC According to a very old leaked beta map, it at least has an unexplored area atm. If it remain sin the game the area is called the Black Castle. Whatever that is.
Additionally, we know of the existence of the Dornman Port from Yanfei and Eula's voicelines (the latter saved the former from Abyss Order shenanigans with cargo), which according to an NPC Is very far from the Nameless Island that contains connections to Istaroth.
I don't think we're done with Mondstadt
I really want to sea the dandelion sea added i think it would be one of the most beautiful locations
Honestly I feel like they will delve into this later
ive read in some leaks that only about 60% of mond has been released
Nobody told me this when I started playing but it has been helpful. DO NOT USE ALL YOUR FRAGILE RESIN ALL AT ONCE. Use it only for character ascension stuff like bosses. Saves you days of resin honestly. Use your daily resin for artifacts, weapon and talent level up mats. I'm AR 57 and I have 40+ fragile resin.
I was wondering… the “ascending of Vanessa” could be a saying like we already say something like this to legends our time when they die. Maybe the falcon is just a metaphor for her family which is living in and protecting mondstadt to this day. We met Andrius and Dvalin as one of the winds, but not the falcon (yet).The Titel dandelion knight is passed to mortals ever since and it’s not part of her anymore. Maybe Venti just honored her with a title to remember her and make sure the second freedom is safe, or at least longer than the first freedom.
But if my theory is true… that means that we can doubt that human can ascend to celestia in the first place and Venti tricked the Mondstadtians or at least pushed them to the right direction.
Ahh… Genshin lore is giving me headaches.
I read the manga back when I just started the game, thinking I could understand the story a bit more. I just ended up more confused until I just forgot about it over the course of new game lore. This video gave us a proper narration of the story prior to and during the beginning of the game, so this is much appreciated!
It’s nice to have a simple starting point for some very vague and slippery lore.
Thank you! I've always been confused with lore, even though I have played for a while. Never could put together the informations hahaha. Thanks! Can't wait for the next parts of this series
I was looking forward to these, to be completely honest I never really paid attention to the history of the regions, and learning through shorter videos packed with information is the best way to learn about anything :D
Those scenes of venti n gang on dvalin really takes me back😭
But this is a pretty great idea and loved how you framed the whole video!
Cozy Sunday listening material while I play. Admittedly, we much as I’m obsessed with lore…at AR 58 I’m a little rusty on Mondstadt.
this brought together so many holes I had in my history of mondstat, this is an incredible series and I look forward to the versions for the other regions
Mondstadt always makes me sooo nostalgic lmao
Super enjoyable!! I find learning the story through the game a bit painful, but these types of video are awesome >.
I love the new series (all your Genshin Theory videos too)! Thank you, Ashikai!
This is great, looking forward to this as a series!
I’m going to love this series! Thank you so much
I love this series! Thank you so much.
I love it. Can't wait for the next episode 🙂
We really appreciate all of the hard work and deep diving into the lore, this will be a HUGE help down the road! Keep it up! :D
what a fantastic video, looking forward to watch the rest of the series
I love this idea !! I've been wanting to do a series like this for a while, but you definitely enacted it better than I could've !! can't wait to see the next chapter ❤
Please keep this up! I love consuming lore like this
Great video and great idea for a series! Looking forward to more of these.
The idea of this series is very interesting and I like it. Even though I watched every video you made I still managed to forget a lot about Mondstadt.
already in love with this lore series!
Loved this, hope you continue this series!
Great video, it's good to have this laid out in a digestable format like this
great job with this series! its nice to have a recap of what happened in the game
Love this new series already
Nice start to the series! Very well edited and easy to digest. It is nice to see the pure lore they want to tell us and your recollection of facts and not theories are well done. Looking forward to next installments.
Your videos are so interesting! It always puts a smile to my face when I see that you uploaded again! :))
Watching Ashikai's videos keep me entertained while working on my dreaded thesis. Thank you for putting out videos and content. I appreciate it so much
Thank you for bringing this together, very refreshing after a weeks of diving into Enkanomiya lore. I especially love the inclusion of La Signora which answered a lot of my questions surrounding her connection to Mondstat. Again, thank you and looking forward to the next in this series :)
This is a series I never knew I wanted but now I do. To get all of the lore in an easily digestible form without any speculation added is nice. Makes it clear what is actually known by us the players vs what we infer and speculate happened based on these known events.
aa i love this new series! keeps me away from having overload from all the complicated lore haha
This is a wonderful series idea! It's so nice to have the info presented in a way that is easily accessible and understandable. I really appreciate the work you do to create these thorough and well-researched videos for us. Always excited to see another video of yours!
I can’t begin to explain how much I love your content. KEEP IT UP ASHIKAI MUCH LOVE AND SUPPORT HERE !!
Great video! :D I know well lore of this game, but still I really enjoyed watching this and I can't wait for others videos from that serie.
i LOVE your videos so much! I'm so ashamed I never come across your channel earlier!
You seriously did a magnificent job , THIS IS FIRE , YOU GO GIRL 👏🏻
I thought I was fairly caught up on lore, but I'm still learning some new things here. It's really helpful to have this historical timeline for an individual region. I look forward to the continuation of this series!
This video is amazing and I love that yanfei is like your little avatar in game teaching us
wow ~!!!! amazing , so perfect and on point! my god i miss Venti so much ~ he's so iconic and important
perfect series idea, love the smaller chunk potential and how it can evolve over time to fill in a lot of blanks either due to bad memory or otherwise
Very refreshing idea... Revisiting this feels so nice and the pacing was very well done too... A very nice approach for new players as well as veterans lore lovers, but as you said it is easy to lose track of everything as more information keeps coming in... It is nice to go back and revisits the basics of this world. Thank you for this!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, this is wonderful, especially the stuff about rosaria, makes me appreciate her arc in inazuma so much more, THANK you
Amazing video! Very clear and structured, exactly what I was looking for. Also your cadence and voice is so nice and perfect for this!! Can't wait for the rest of the series ☺️ subbed 💖
LOOOOVED this series. Such a good recap and a great palette cleanser from all the inazuma content genshin has been giving us
I've been playing since 1.2, and this was so so helpful! Love the content!
Thanks for processing all fragments of information; great stuff.
i’m getting my lore refresher while styling my venti wig ehe; thanks for another awesome video and a helpful reminder:D i did know everything here but i enjoy listening to you tell the story:)
such a good video, super well done
I love this idea. Your videos are my go to source for stress relief and winding down after a long day. Explaining lore like this is very much appreciated and I'd love it if you could go into great detail too. The longer the video, the better lol.
Thanks for your content, Ash. Brilliant stuff 😁
I honestly wasn't too interested in this series when you mentioned it for the first time, but I found myself watching it anyway and thoroughly enjoying the video! It filled in a lot of the gaps of what I didn't actually know yet. VERY much looking forward to more of this series.
YES!!! I HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS SINCE 1.1
Pleaseeee keep going. Go into as much depth as you want. I promise there is an audience 💖💖💖💖
You have the BEST Genshin Impact content in the world! Thank you so much for your videos! ❤️
thank you for making this amazing video
Love it! A very good idea and when you do - the best outcome ♥
Just what I needed
As someone with the memory of a goldfish, I appreciate this video
very concise and good overview for mondstadt, well done
awesome video!! it was nice to refresh my memory :D
Could it be, with all the things we’re learning about leylines, that Andrius is a memory in the ley lines?
Excellent delivery.
Thank you for a great video. It's such joy to listen about real facts and get a picture, that will not be disturbed in future. Glad you started this series. Looking forward for next videos. Very interested in solid information about archons and their role in world order!
Apologies for my not perfect English ))
another amazing video! i could listen to your voice all day
@Ashikai 9:47 i hope this is not a spoil but, when Venti “decided” to check up on Mondstadt, he actually just woke up after Celestia put him to sleep, because he did not want to go to the War agains Khandria because he was in fact the god of FREEDOM. I just think that this is very interesting 👍
so he decided not to go huh i thought he was just born after that🤣
This is such a nice video!!
And up to this day, Varka is still missing lol
I think Andrius doesn't hate humans. He is just neutral, and dislikes disloyalty and lies, so he doesn't like adults, but takes very good care of children, since they are still pure. He also acknowledged Varka, so he now gets the title of Knight of Boreas too.
I also wonder who the "Blue witch" really is. She was the owner of the Crescent Pike and was in love with Mondstadt's "Robin Hood", but the fact she was called a Witch is kinda sus to me haha
This was brilliantly made! You used the right scenes/imagery, and made nothing hard to understand! I look forward to Liyue!
amazing idea! can't wait for other cities history videos
Venessa never defeated Ursa The Drake though? Barbatos showed himself and then warned/talked to the dragon and the dragon looked afraid (?) stepped back and fly away (and later be killed by someone, a harbinger). I guess Barbatos really have some talent talking with animals. That's what I remember from the manga.
Wasn't it Il Dottore who killed Ursa? I remember something like that from the manga but I haven't read it in quite some time.
@@lemonbunny71 yeah, I guess that's his name, he wears half mask.
@@lemonbunny71 And if I'm not mistaken that's the start of Mondstadt have politics association with Snezhnaya (Fatui) to this day.
@@TheDhanaMC yes, I believe so, too.
@@lemonbunny71 nah it's Diluc's dad
i just realized the "only a win spirit answered their calls" part is a parallel/call-back to istaroth *pikachu face*
This is soo helpful
Finally a video for people like me. Thank you very much.
AAAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! MY FRIEND WILL LOVE THIS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SHE FELT SO LOST WHEN DOING THE ARCHON QUESTS
I love this series!!!!!
This is the kind of video i've been looking for, a general retelling of every nation's story we know so far. I love Genshin's world, but i have trouble reading bunch of text with unknown context, not to mention there's like billion of them
This kind of video will made me appreciate the whole Genshin's Lore as a whole, and i hope i can uncover more, like the Weapons and Artifacts lore that's still unknown but gave me an idea how the story went
As a Yanfei simp and main, gotta love those Yanfei zoom-ins at the beginning.
Oooh new video!!! Hello Ashikai!!!
Loves it!!
I love your videos!
This video was soo good thank you
I’m looking forward to your video about the Yakshas!
You my friend have gained a subscriber , good stuff