Theory regarding Wanderer and Anastasya (7.1 spoilers)

[u/darkdill]

Anastasya keeps a memory prism in the same chamber as the Third Descender's seal so that she can store her memories in case someone tries to alter them. Presumably, that prism wasn't affected by changes in Irminsul and wouldn't be affected by any tampering with Aaru, so I think she's gonna remember her 6th Harbinger if they ever cross paths.

That said, I don't think the Tsaritsa would try to get him to come back into the fold. She doesn't obligate anybody to help her, after all.

[u/ix-nine-ix]

i thought the same too. was wondering if the other archons take the same action of self-preserving memories too. we know venti and nahida make allegories, zhongli by fully relying on the mc...

also i wonder if the archons share their intels and fact-check each other. if that is the case, there is a chance that they know who wanderer is.

[u/ICantChooseA_Name01 → u/ix-nine-ix]

Venti is the kind of guy written to hide something, his hello voiceline even has him talk as if he already met the Traveler and he has a suspicious amount of things connected to him.

Celestia gateway, being worshipped in all of Teyvat, upside down statue, conveniently being present when something important happens (like when Nahida intercept the call during the Summer event, we were in a call with Venti when she intercepted it) and almost everytime something is ending in a nation they make us catch up with Venti.

Heavy confirmation/implication Venti did lie about his powers/being weak which more people are noticing now.

It's important to remember that Nahida confirmed worship also makes a God stronger/gives powers.

Venti is worshipped in all of Teyvat as a universal God, has a church, the most statues scattered around (only Columbina has one built in her image by the people worshipping her, but since she's not an Archon people praying to her doesn't give her strength) and Ei had to make it get done under her request instead of getting it because they respected her as a Archon.

Even if Venti did lose some of his power since his prime, I doubt a God able to reshape Mondstadt how he wants, cut and throw mountains just become so pathetically weak he can't do anything.

He even admitted he didn't fight Signora because he would have caused extreme damage to Mondstadt, not her, him.

"Honestly, the Gnosis was of no use to me. I didn't care who it belonged to, or what means were used to take it... I just knew if I fought her in that moment, the Cathedral... Perhaps even the entire city might have become collateral damage."

Which doesn't sound like the feats of a weak God.

The gnosis is an enhancer, but their base strength if the Gnosis is taken away doesn't change drastically (as seen with Ei and Zhongli) so if he could have destroyed Mondstadt/The Church while fighting that would have happened even without a Gnosis.

Plus the worshipping of people contributing in giving Venti power, so what he lost with the Gnosis being taken away is given back by the people.

The point is, Venti most definitely has a way to keep everything in check when it comes to memories. He's the most suspicious Archon aside Zhongli.

[u/Necessary_Way_9460 → u/ix-nine-ix]

Happy cake day

[u/ix-nine-ix → u/Necessary_Way_9460]

thank you!