A pattern I’ve noticed is that most of the artifacts that talk about someone fighting during the cataclysm mention that they become the very monsters they were fighting. It’s a strange but intriguing theme

@corvus6971

7 ай бұрын

I think that could be a parallel for our sibling (although they fought against the abyss, they eventually joined and became the prince/princess) but I'm probably wrong

@riotangel4701

7 ай бұрын

You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

@fencerderio9814

7 ай бұрын

“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche; Beyond Good and Evil (1886)

@emery120

7 ай бұрын

​@@fencerderio9814 Considering we're talking about Hoyoverse they probably based some the Abyss lore from this quote

@beashemmad.sayson545

7 ай бұрын

@@fencerderio9814giving undertale

Oh, so that's why aster skipped halloween and so much other lore drops, she was still busy on the artifact grind, both literally and virtually

@IdOnThAvEaUsE69

7 ай бұрын

Figuratively* xD.

One thing I actually noticed is that the flowers slowly become less like real organic flowers and slowly become artificial and fake flowers, kind of like how the lore of the artifacts become more darker with every artifact set

@helenaap2042

5 ай бұрын

Like it goes from real plants, to decorated or bejeweled flowers, to “flowers” made of metal, jewels, rope, ceramic and fabric.

After hearing the lore for the bloodstained chivalry, I’m more inclined to believe the theory that Capitano is or was the bloodstained night.

@lukegreaves574

7 ай бұрын

But didn't the Bloodstained Knight pledge himself to the Abyss? If that's the case, why would he join the Fatui and become a Harbinger considering that they are enemies?

@Personpersonpersonperson

7 ай бұрын

@@lukegreaves574It said pledged himself to the nation and abyss. Given Pierro is from Khanrieah the nation, it makes sense, especially if Capitano was the first to join him as Rank 1

@QuJee

7 ай бұрын

​@@lukegreaves574 could also mean he is a double agent.

@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person

7 ай бұрын

@@lukegreaves574 He pledged himself to the abyss, not the Abyss Order. That means he might have abyss powers, like Jakob, and maybe have some information on the "sinner", whoever they might be.

@racosen3204

7 ай бұрын

While it's certainly possible, I always believed Capilano was the berserker in the berserker artifact set, since that artifact mentions how the berserker would wear an iron mask and have no face, which describes Capitano Also, the exact wording of the set mentions war and rebirth a lot, which are themes of natlan

Its a little strange that the artifacts that mention the story of Scaramouche didn't change after he changed everyones memories. When Nahida "erased" Rukkhadevata all the things that involved her changed, but nothing for Scaramouche changed..... I doubt thats an oversight. I feel this really tries to say something about what meddling with Irminstsul does. I doubt it can really change what happened, just change the memories and perception of it.

@TheJH1015

7 ай бұрын

Maybe it's because it talks specifically about Scaramouche? So if *everything* about him were to be erased, this artifact set would disappear which might be impossible for Irminsul to do because there is no substitute lore to put into the artifacts?

@CrystalRubyMoon

7 ай бұрын

The effect Scaramouche had on the world wasn't so big because he was trying to erase himself. Rukkhedevata was erased by someone else, so how the world altered was on a much grander scale. And Nicole did confirm in the end of that Archon quest that while the reasoning for why an event occured is changed, the event did still occur.

@pipedream2556

7 ай бұрын

I think we'd need to actually know how the artifact lore exists in-universe to understand that. Like, does the traveller receive a receipt with all this written on it every time they farm a domain? Either way I guess we can conclude that the Irminsuk considers all this prose to be fiction in the same way that the story about Wanderer's history was hidden from Irminsul's edits by Nahida in the form of a storybook, but whether or not regular people can even access these stories is still really unclear...

@witchy90210

7 ай бұрын

@pipedream2556 nahida was so incredibly crafty. She is the archon of wisdom, but like, the fact she could figure all that stuff out and ready it just amazes me.

@Bronze_Age_Sea_Person

7 ай бұрын

Artifact lore is maybe a folklore, and as mentioned before, an event might have it's reasoning for why it occured changed, or better, whom caused it, but not the event itself. The whole prophecy about Fontaine showed that, since no matter what the Player, Furina or the Fontainians did, the prophecy would happen, but it would just have another cause for happening. Makoto's Dream Sakura shows time isn't linear on Teyvat, so maybe Fate is when an event is fixed and set to happen like the Flooding or Khaenri'ah's fall( which is maybe why the Abyss order's plan is the Loom of Fate), but the cause of it can be anything. So despite Scaramouche erasing himself as a "cause" for events, what he did still happened, and still became the lore of the Husk of Opulent Dreams, and folklore isn't altered by Irminsul, just the information of a person on the chain of cause and effects. Just like Rukkhadevata still saved the desert citizens from Deshret's Forbidden Knowledge, but the "cause" of these events are now attributed to Nahida, despite her not even existing at the time. Remember, time isn't linear, so it's perfectly possible for Nahida to be the cause of something that happened before her being even alive.

Kinda crazy how many characters are foreshadowed years before we get to know them

So does the adventurer artifact set refer to Columbina as the girl with feathers in her head or am I overthinking this

@tiha1076

7 ай бұрын

THIS!!

Amazing summary, I love checking out all of the new lore once a new set drops! A small pronounciation thing: "Narzissenkreuz" is german and you pronounce the "kreuz" like "kroits", so you don't swallow the z at the end! Still weird to see this in fontaine, people were very confused abt the naming of the ordo considering the french themed area

@w444rbv

7 ай бұрын

Fontain is based on italy/France They both are latin nations And odro is an old italic word so it kinda makes sense tho I don't understand why they involved germany but maybe because it's close to France and they wanted to make it about Indo-European culture

@KyzenEX

7 ай бұрын

Honestly, even if she pronounced it kinda like "Narzissen-crew", it isn't the worst I've heard from the english community so far 😓

@Dividus

7 ай бұрын

@@KyzenEX 100% I heard so many really questionable pronounciations, but honestly I can't blame anyone, some regional words are very complicated! I was struggling in Inazuma, damn all those japanese terms 😭

@konplayz

7 ай бұрын

@@KyzenEXwenn ich noch mal Mondstadt falsch ausgesprochen höre werde ich einige Kriegsverbrechen begehen

@youngandamenace6570

7 ай бұрын

@@konplayz some people are out here literally pronouncing it “Monster” ☠️☠️ like dude, can you at least try a LITTLE bit?

I love the lore that’s attached to pretty much everything. It’s so beautifully intertwined. Thank you for putting this together.

The atmosphere of the video really feels like Aster is just telling you a large list of well thought out bedtime stories. Good stuff lol.

Genshin surely has a lot of complicated names to spell... I'm German and 90% of the time I just "think" in english when reading these names. Knowing french a bit, I also get the french stuff correct most of the time... The hardest stuff was in Sumeru :D

@venexo1434

7 ай бұрын

Deutsche Namen sind immer lustig wenn KZreadr versuchen sie zu sagen. Vorallem bei Fischl.

@MarsCorporations

7 ай бұрын

@@venexo1434 Ich bin die Pwinzössin de feöttelong. Uff...

@Sofisasam

7 ай бұрын

​@@MarsCorporationsdas immernacktreich💀

20:22 23:27 Ru-kkha-de-va-ta Say it with me! Ru-kkha-de-va-ta

I'm gonna read the artifact descriptions from now on. Who knows, maybe the next artifact set could contain lore about Natlan. It would be nice to have an heads up before setting foot in Natlan.

@Shinteo5

7 ай бұрын

Check out some of the new weapons then. There are Natlan lore in there.

@emery120

7 ай бұрын

I would like to send you to the Talking Stick claymore is you didn't read it already

Ive read a few but THANK YOU for summarizing it all of this. Love lore and all of this makes the characters and world that much richer and improves the overall experience! Amazing job aster! You make this a much more enjoyable experience for everyone who listens to your stories 😊

Aster: 26 minutes of deep lore. Me: *Viagra* is a god?!

The Initiate artifacts are only on some early trial characters, so you don't actually obtain this set. Haven't seen a mention about this so just wanted to clear any confusion.

Another reason why I got hooked playing Genshin is because almost every aspect of the game has their very own lores. Making it more alive, exciting to learn of and making my whole game experience so fun. The people who created Genshin really gave lots of thoughts into this in order to give life to this awesome game. Genshin also reminds me a lot of the game in the anime called Log Horizon 😅 the weapons, items and even NPCs there has their very own lores too.

12:56 WAIT- Josephine......HOLY SCHIST IS THAT "J's" REAL NAME??? I mean she is stated to be a witch after all, there's a possibility that she's that one member of the Hexenzirkle (did I spell that right???) that got married since both of the letters start with J

Very awesome video I always thought if someone had made like a series of videos or something talking about them and had no luck. I thought it was an incredible laborious feat and it IS so thank you very very much for taking the time! It is as you say sometimes not very clear what they’re trying to say or some of them are best read not in “order” but still I always recommend giving it a read same with the weapons like at the very least

Love the artifact lore, this is nice I haven’t read up on the newer artifacts yet! Ur the best ❤

sheeesh since when do you sound so clear? Your voice actually makes me happy. I have been away from the channel for months now, but it seems you have greatly improved your already awesome channel.

weapons lore next

@MiyuKawasaki

7 ай бұрын

Furnishing lore

@justsomerandomguy239

7 ай бұрын

Food lore

@pallabhassan3021

7 ай бұрын

craft items lore.

@LightingCoat

7 ай бұрын

Random item lore

I will eventually get into the Artifact lore but I have a problem at the moment where when the lore is sheer text walls like that, I end up distracted by the mathematics I need in order to make my things work with the artifacts and weapons I currently have available. For instance, at the time of writing this, only now do I feel my Yunjin is developed enough to use in Co-op. Poor girl has bounced between three spears and like 15 artifacts now, all on the quest to test and make the best sets I can.

I loved this, thank you! I always hear a lot of these sets referenced in lore discussions and getting to know about each of them was really awesome.

You deserve an ovation after this.

Hey, this is just meant as help, as I would like more content creators pronounce it correctly, but the kreuz in Narzissenkreuz is pronounced like "kroits" (German)!

@ChillwithAster

7 ай бұрын

Noted! So the S isnt silent?

0:57 wait, Feather on her head, like Columbina?

@MorbidEel

7 ай бұрын

The adventurer there might be Herman, Ellin's father.

Lore summary of the Artifacts is a Video I never thought I wanted, Thank you Aster

As someone who is into the lore of Genshin, I want to thank Aster for your works, with your vids I understand more of Teyvat's history. The world of Teyvat is magnificently created and still has plenty left to offer, the characters, the story and history, the world of Teyvat itself is a bliss to explore. Keep it up Aster! 😁

i noticed how some region related lore was released in the form of artifacts description before the region itself is available for us. perhaps we can have a taste of Natlan's lore when new artifacts for Fontaine region is released 👀

Now we need this video, but with weapon lore

thanks for this aster !

Hey Aster.... have you done a full Genshin video about all the darkest and creepy stuff in the game (like the Cannibal Maid in Dawn Winery or the story about the Fontaine Narzzisencruss member who was deformed)?

This is a fantastic video Aster! You've ignited that spark and now I'm going to read through some backstory I find interesting. Would you do something similar with weapons?

i am both impressed and terrified of you doing this because... there is A LOT of lore in those lil dmg trinkets LMAO

I wonder if the events of Thundering Fury preceded Thundersoother's - and that this was Oz in a previous life. Maybe he was the original God of Lighting (whereas Ei and Makoto were twin Gods of Thunder).

Are we going to get one for weapon materials? I hope so.

Between the books in the game and the artifact sets, the read lore is...daunting. I have not made it though everything yet, and I have been reading it for a few years now, ha. The read lore could be multiple movies worth of content.

at 14:10 dottore mentions his wish to grant humans elements without needing visions. when we consider rene’s opinion on the subject, it seems as though visions tie allogenes to fate and dottore, another scholar, specifically wanted a way around this. doesn’t this sound like the EXACT origin for how delusions came about? a way to grant the elements without tying oneself to the fate of teyvat? and it was such a revolutionary idea that delusions could create the largest military in teyvat? i think it totally makes sense imo

This is… Wow… Any chance that there could be a Weapon Lore Version soon? 👉👈

OMG THATS SO INTERESTING!! FASTEST LIKEANSUBCRI IN MY LIFE Maybe weapon series lore next? Like sacrificial, tullyatulah and fontaine weapons etc

Might be unrelated to the video, but with you explaining the sad lore behind some of these sets I only now realize how sad dragonspine's music is lol.

the adventurer set makes me think of columbina, perhaps she is the girl with feathers in her hair.

@loreyxillumina

6 ай бұрын

I think of the person as Lumine

Why making artifacts farming decent, and not a massive crap, when you can just make good their lore

glad this came up in my recommended! ❤️

Next is weapon lore and then food lore!

OMG WEAPON NEXT PLS THIS VID WAS GREATT

Godlike video

Thanks for uploading this video

FINALLY, THANK YOU!!

would you make a video series of each set and make it a playlist

Awesome job! Being fair I don't know what posses you to do all this but thanks, because is pretty interesting, the crimson witch was particulary surprising. (no spoilers here, watch the video :P)

the one behind pale flame flower is Capitano right?

i wonder, is the bloodstained knight capitano or Surtalogi (skirks master) ? only time will tell i guess

hi aster i wish you'd add captions

Next up is weapon lore

7:23 aristocracy =/= bourgeoisie for fuck's sake, it's usually the opposite

videos like this help with my dyslexic ass

Really happy to hear perfect pronounciation of Rukkhadevatta❤

Wooooooooooow😂

Narzissenkreuz is a german word, so you pronounce the z aswell

Is the Bloodstained set an homage to Artorias from the Dark Souls series?

Artifact set effect is the kit character in the artifact if they playable : )

4:05 Rostam!?

I wonder if the Parsifal from HOD artifact is the same Parsifal from the The First Great Magic :/

@oh-seecreations6308

7 ай бұрын

the parsifal from the first great magic is a woman who simply borrowed the name, they're not the same person

@oppaanja

7 ай бұрын

@@oh-seecreations6308 oh i see thanks for clarification 💖

real

Dude she’s your main get ryden c2 you will still be relatable, know what I’ve never seen you play her anyway just do it

Leave it to Aster to do something out of the box, And time consuming. If I was living close to you, i would treat you a ramen bowl or a big boba tea.

i thought Fischl was speaking plsssss

Lumine > Kaeya > Xiao > Ayaka > Alhaitham > Neuvillette

Yeah

Oh no. THIS IS SOO MUCH LORE😢. GENSHIN LORE IS JUST TOO MUCH

lol herblord >.> make herblord playable

❤🖤🤍🖤❤

Bro pale flame does NOT say Allat where'd you get that from 😂

@lukegreaves574

7 ай бұрын

But it really does though

@neromain3504

7 ай бұрын

@@lukegreaves574 nah read its description it only talks about pierro not the other harbingers at all

@lukegreaves574

7 ай бұрын

@@neromain3504 Dude, the Flower has lines that is clearly a conversation that includes Signora as it talks about glacial ice take the place of her past and extinguishing the undying flame. It talks about him, her and the Tsaritsa having a common goal. The Feather talks of being denounced as a heretic and permanently cast from the circle of the wise which is clearly in reference to the Akademiya. The conversation even has lines of asking iff he will be treated the same as the Akademiya did. Talks of the irony of him getting the title the Doctor which is also the name of the feather. The Sands is clearly reference to Pantalone since he is the banker in the Harbingers and responsible for all their funding, he owns the Northland bank. It talks of someone who has not been favoured in life and wqs born into poverty, all of which fits Pantalone. The Goblet talks of "...transcendent being, divinely created, but he was cast aside like worthless dross." and that he he then began wandering the mortal realm. The dialogue is of the same tone in which Scaramouche talks. And it ends with him saying he will become one of the mask people, of which is clealry talking about the Fatui Harbingers. Just because it doesn't specifically say any of their names, all the context clues are there for you to read between the lines

@neromain3504

7 ай бұрын

@@lukegreaves574 nah my b I wasn't aware that each and every piece had a description I searched for it in archive and only found info on pierro I don't have a full 4 piece pale flame so I had no idea that where the source of that story came from I'm gonna be reading all 4 pieces of every artifact set I own now 😂

@lukegreaves574

7 ай бұрын

@@neromain3504 ye, I too didn't know where the lore information was for each of the pieces in each artifact set. I completely forgot the archive existed. But ye, once you know, you have a large supply of lore. Enjoy

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this video is real hardword

The nymph set was added for lore purposes only 🫡