ARCHONS are EVIL! Genshin Impact Theory (*SPOILERS* for 1.4)

namaste my fellow travelers holy materia here with my very first genji impact theory video today we're going to be talking about the role of the archons in light of the new story and lore revelations from we will be reunited so let's get right into it [Music] in gnosticism archons are the builders of the physical universe the archons are rulers who are related to one of the seven planets or against an impact to seven elements and they prevent souls from leaving the material realm much like you and your twin are prevented from leaving tavat arkhan is a greek word meaning ruler that was frequently used as the title of a specific public office the political connotations of the word in gnosticism reflects the rejection of the governmental system as being flawed without chance of true salvation in gnosticism the material world is created by a false god or demiurge and is considered to be evil the archons rule over this material realm within the kingdom of darkness and together make up the prince of darkness sound familiar the word gnostus is greek for knowledge in gnosticism it signifies a knowledge or insight into humanity's real nature as divine leading to the deliverance of the divine spark within humanity from the constraints of earthly existence this is the goal of every human to directly know the true god by escaping the material realm of the demiurge the arkhan's role is to prevent this by keeping humanity trapped in ignorance gentian impact borrows heavily from gnosticism for its lore and story the choice of the word arkhan is no mistake or coincidence though a quick aside it does seem strange that they would refer to the sustainer of heavenly principles who separated you from your twin as the unknown god when in gnosticism the unknowable god is the true and good god who is opposed to the false demiurge who is evil or misguided through ignorance i've seen theories that state that celestia and the archons are actually opposed to her now and that would make more sense in this framework but that's for another video for now let's consider the archons as the rulers of the kingdom of darkness teva darkness here doesn't just mean evil but ignorance as opposed to good or enlightenment knowledge or insight in the newest archon quest we just learned much more about the history of conriya we found out that they were a nation of people without a god or without an archon they created the rune guards or field tillers as weapons that were more powerful than most vision wielders as lupus boreas the wolf of the north put it dainsley tells us it was a powerful nation built purely by humans an unprecedented flourishing and glorious civilization it was the pride of humankind through an ancient alchemy called kamia they were able to create life itself conriya is described as having been underground in one of the hidden corners where the god's gaze does not fall we've all heard the theories of the upside down universe that stems from the description on the genji impact website that reads 500 years ago the collapse of an ancient civilization turned the universe upside down we now know that that collapse was caused by the arkhans they destroyed conriya let's look at this upside down universe theory if we take it as true then it could mean that everything we think we know is reversed tavat seems like a flourishing land with benign archons protecting their citizens they bestow visions upon the most worthy of humans with the promise that they may one day ascend to celestia but we learn from scarlet moosh that the sky and the stars are false and it's all a gigantic hoax a lie tavod is the kingdom of darkness the kingdom of ignorance and lies even mona confirms that she has been taught to talk about the false guy in her astrological readings mona uses the power of hydramancy to read the stars the only way it can work is if the astrologer looks at the stars in the sky in the reflection of water if the universe is upside down then seeing the stars reflected in water would invert them and reveal the truth in the genji impact comic we see the hero vanessa ascend to celestia when the gates are open she's shocked and we briefly see what looks like a prison inside with a central tower keeping watch on the surrounding cells if celestia is actually a prison then perhaps the true purpose of visions is not only to watch but to eventually imprison the greatest humans the ones who have the potential to reach godhood and escape the kingdom of darkness this puts what we heard about the vision hunt of the electoral archon in a new light but we'll come back to that later the people of conrio were able to flourish underground outside the gaze of the archons but they were destroyed because they began to pose a threat to the power and sovereignty of the gods they were gaining too much knowledge and perhaps were on the cusp of seeing through the lies of tavot celestia the heavenly kingdom floating in the false sky and conriya the nation hidden underground when flipped upside down celestia becomes the underworld while conriya is the height of human civilization the land of enlightenment above the dark kingdom of tevod with knowledge and insight it peers through the ignorance of the world below and for a time escape the gaze of the underworld and its rulers the sowers of darkness but then not only did celestia destroy the land they transformed the enlightened citizens into primitive beasts the hilly churros and the monsters who would become known as the abyss order the archons stripped the people of kanriya of their knowledge and with it their power what makes an archon an archon is that they have a gnosis or gnosis as is pronounced in the game these give them their power as we discussed earlier gnosis means knowledge and it's the thing that humans should aspire toward it gives them first-hand knowledge of the true god we don't know who the gentian impact equivalent is yet or if there is one but in the game this would be akin to finding out the truth of the upside-down universe and being able to escape the control of celestia similar to conriya before its destruction in the first two archon quests we witness venti and zhang li lose their gnosis in narcissism depending on the sect the demi urge is either considered evil or misguided due to ignorance for the arkhans and kitchen impact at least the ones we know of i think it might be the latter zhang li willingly gives up his gnosis making good on some contract he had with the saritsa his character is full of lament due to his past and although venti had his noses forcibly taken he never makes a move to get it back and while he seems cheerful on the surface he is constantly drowning his sorrows in wine if celestia is indeed a prison for the most potentially dangerous humans then the action of the electoral archon could be benign perhaps she's trying to prevent those people from being captured by celestia it seems the archons are having a change of heart possibly beginning to see celestia as the dark kingdom it really is everything we thought we knew was being turned on its head maybe the fatoui actually have good intentions as much as it pains me to say that our twin and the abyss order seem to have a legitimate reason to go to war with celestia our sibling tells us that once we've completed our journey we will see the true nature of this world our twin doesn't waste any time trying to convince us they seem confident that once we experience things ourselves we will see as they do similar to gnosticism which places more importance on direct experience of the divine rather than having faith in the teachings of religious institutions we are still in the dark but once we gain that knowledge through experience we can be truly reunited with our sibling they tell us that they have more than enough time to wait for us that we've always had enough time is this alluding to the god of time that is mentioned throughout the lord does our sibling know them is the god of time the one who placed the curse of immortality on dane's leaf could this be the true god these are questions we'll have to dive into next time thanks for watching everybody if you made it this far i really appreciate it if you enjoyed the video let me know by leaving a like and commenting down below what do you think of the revelations from the we will be reunited arkhan quest i thought it was amazing and i'm so excited for the future of gentian impact it's a whole new world with endless possibilities i can't wait to experience it with all of you i'll see you guys in the next one everybody stay safe out there peace and love you

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Id: u99Z3NeLFVQ

Length: 9min 2sec (542 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 13 2021