I really need to see capitano play this game or like a flashback of him doing it with his soldiers.

(Cutscene of Danica vs the Traveler playing it was posted on Genshin's YouTube and reminded me that no one has pointed this out yet.) https://youtu.be/y2wLSlTRZ\_Q?is=VVQAuEuvgtgqYv5y

Folks you know Furina is also inspired by Jesus. Maybe he will also have a duel form? And well Blade kinda looks like him without a mask so...Just a thought.

First it was Skirk then it was Sandrone next Capitano hopefully.

Edit : Just to clarify when I say shocking unexpected character I mean one that we know thats surprising to see again.

Much like Capitano's curse of immortality my curse of autistic hyper fixation keeps my interest from dying for better or worse 🫠 Of all the characters I could've picked back in 2024 to focus on....

1.Capitano wielding anti celestial energy?

First off we learned anti celestial energy can be found in stellar linchpins. This is what's needed to fight the heavenly principles. Likely because the power within the linchinpins is connected to the third descender. I speculate that other anti celestial energy may also be power that comes directly from a descender themselves.

Theoretically if Capitano wanted to help the Tsaritsa usher in a new world wouldnt it make a level of sense for him to wield anti celestial energy just like her two right hand women do? - Danica (electro stellar linchpin) and Vesna (anemo stellar linchpin).

It may be that the power Khaenri'ahns use is already anti celestial by nature but I'm not sure. If not then I could see him getting a stellar linchpin or becoming a descender. I'll probably make a seperate post about why I think he's descender material.

2. Knowledge from death

Ronova says to the Traveler that "death grants wisdom to mortals" The traveler was in a semi state of Death like Capitano currently is. His soul is with the Lord of the Night and not in the leylines and travelers soul cant go to the leylines because its rejected since theyre a descender. I imagine similar to a descender youd have to destroy Capitano's body or soul to really kill him. So heck, even if the curse does get lifted he might still end up being very hard to kill if he becomes a descender.

In any case, if he and Dottore know that great wisdom can be found while in a state of death they may have intentionally put themselves in the states that they are in right now for the fatui's war. After all Columbina basically had to die in order to get the trilunar authority which is also probably anti celestial energy. Edit: That's actually light realm energy which is not very effective.

Moreover if we follow an interpretation of the simulanka theory that Cappet is a counterpart to Capitano and part of their growth is getting what the other person's clan was all about then perhaps Dottore will get Empathy and Capitano will get Wisdom as the final piece of their stories.

3.Ronova is probably pissed about Capitano using an angel to modify the leylines.

Its now been established that other angels have done this and she finds it makes her job more difficult. I kind of laughed when I heard her complaining about it because it really does feel like Capitano truly got the upper hand. In your face Ronova. Even juicer that hes literally using the place she created to do get revenge on her.

For the sake of my sanity I think I need a long break from Genshin until we get some actual solid good news about Capitano. My coping plan has reached an impasse and it now falls to me to create new rules for myself.

To prepare for potential dissapointment in january I need something else with a similar vibe to take a break from Genshin with. This might end up being Fire Emblem Fortune's weave but idk yet if any of the characters actually fit his vibe yet. Fingers crossed Chris voices one of the characters too. We've got Arlecchino and Pantalone's VA's revealed for it recently.

Also been reading the Storm Light Archive Series. Ironically because I asked ai what book series has a Capitano like protag and its been pretty good. The audio books are in really high demand though and the books are long so I spend a few weeks reading and then several weeks waiting to get to read it again.

Thank you in advance

To test the theory - Three tries to get off the throne in simulanka = 3 patches? But I cant figure out if we start counting from 7.0 or 7.1? In Nod Krai Dottore made his first present day appearence in 6.2 so idk if that makes a difference.

Hopefully we get something even if its just a small island in 7.4 that involves Capitano. Then Maybe the final expansion will involve Enjou. Isnt there supposed to be a phoenix there too?

Contrary to popular belief Capitano somehow saved kachina back then. His voice from the future must have willed the Traveler forward. /J 😆

[Also my bad about that last post, I think I'm grasping at straws trying to get copium from a leak about a different harbinger. Its kind of hard starting Snezhnaya without him. Ugh must be patient.]

Info might not have anything to do with Capitano so dont take too seriously. Hence the flair. Cause I'm still waiting for actual proof. I'm only speculating what the sword skin is for the Traveler's sword. Unclear if theres only one.

Datamine found that the Exaiphanes Blade has two descriptions. One of them is described as a skin the traveler gifts to a friend. Allegedly theres a skin for only their weapon.

Edit : it might be that the skin is for a characters weapon to look like traveler's weapon. Unclear.

Mistiltein is shaped in such a way where it could theoretically work as a weapon skin. Its also in mythology been described as both a sword and dart. Moreover if you recall, Varka got a story related weapon skin for his claymore. So my crack theory is that traveler get's a Mistiltein weapon skin for their weapon and gifts the skin to a specific sword wielding friend who can then also use it and that friend is Thrain. Technically Thrain's sword is stolen by the hero of the story in hrómundar saga. I'm probably completely off but I figure if Thrain was somehow going to get his hands on Mistiltein this would be a way of doing it.

This is in response to the new info from the textmap for the upcoming version 7.0. Do not read if you dont want to be spoiled about it.

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>!So he entrusted his soldiers to Childe....!<

We assume because he either doubted he'd be able to make it back or he didnt plan on returning. Or another option is that he saw that even if he did manage to succeed he knew he'd be gone for a while to take care of his personal matters so regardless of the outcome it would be wise to leave them in his care.

Remember as the Natlan archon quest has shown Capitano has and will change his plans based off of new events/information. He mightve carried doubts maybe said to himself it was a path that could not be retraced and he had made peace with that. But, he also isnt one to resign himself to a certain fate.

&gt; ("No rule unbreakable no death inevitable")

If the intention yet remains....

**Something he said in the past**

As seen in the image above It appears he considered a scenario of success. He said he wouldve used the pyro gnosis to fix the leylines and if it was still intact he would've brought it back to Snezhnaya with him. Meaning there was a scenario of him returning. The only question is would have and could have he postponed visiting the leylines with the souls to go bring the gnosis back to Snezhnaya? We really dont know if his personal mission was always going to come first and success would be the reason he comes back. This all makes a big difference in how we interpret his intentions. He specifically asked to be relieved of getting the gnosis but what exactly did he say? Idk if thats just how they chose to write it but I would argue that it should've been spoken of as a resignation or goodbye letter if it actually was one.

Moreover was the letter he sent to the Tsaritsa (not pierro) before or after he spoke to the Lord of the Night? All Ive found is that it happened after his duel with Mavuika.

I feel like hoyo gave me an unnecessary gut punch. Did you guys really need to do that? It doesnt disprove him returning (I still believe!) it only calls in to question if he intended or even confidently believed that he could return.

Adding this to the exhaustive list of why he should be released in Snezhnaya.

To me this is canon now. I wonder what would he would post after getting off the throne? Him standing and eating ice cream from a waffle cone? Shave Ice? I feel like something people often eat while standing would be really funny.

Hopefully soon he'll be back for group photos.

This one is mostly pictures. I haven't done a ton of research yet but this slime reminds me of Capitano 😅

I got inspired after seeing a Twitter post about them being connected to Nibelung.

*Capitano still and always has been a woobie*

I freaking knew what they were doing back in 2024 and they're still emphasizing it in 2026 (marked as spoiler cause I'm reffering to his new lore). He quietly suffers while being a confidant, a pillar of strength, selfless gaurdian decaying into their shadow self aka the martyr. Or more simply put he's a very sympathetic character that you want to root for and comfort. Just like Furina carrying a burden for 500 years that makes us want to bawl our eyes out, and see them be happy for once! They're a comforting presence (to others) but their existence is heartrenching at the same time. Bro hardly views himself as a person! He has yet to reach transcendence to become whole. Huh, its almost like they're continuing hammer in the fact that he's the perfect candidate for a ressurection/new beginning story. Maybe they called the Snezhnaya teaser transcendence for a reason. I believe the satisfying pay off is continuing to be set up.

*Why is Hoyo still twisting the knife?*

Much like fairytales I think Hoyoverse also banks on wish-fulfilment. You might see a part of yourself in the character you're pulling for or are at least sympathetic to them. Psychologically seeing them suceed after a hardship even though its fiction is actually empowering. Have you noticed a lot of the most beloved characters in this game have been through a lot? They're also something cool you might want to imagine yourself to be like - a dragon, badass motorcycle queen, alien, moon goddess, a god incognito, puppet, scholar, robot etc.

Capitano's got resilience and heart and it is generally satisfying to see someone be rewarded for that. So yeah, I think this is part of the long game of increasing his appeal until he finally gets a banner, making sure there's a huge impact. Its almost like a social experiment with the amount of build up. I wonder if he'll be breaking records?

New artifact lore I'm reffering to.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin\_Impact\_Leaks/s/AMsUATBM7q

#What the heck does that even mean?

Okay so you know how we're waiting forever for him to come out? Well Capitano is very much the kind of character you'd find in a Fire Emblem game except that he's more of a cool mix of several different archetypes veteren badass/hero/sword master/knight. Ive said this before but it bares repeating. Moreover a new Fire Emblem Game is releasing before he is (September).

*AND* I now I see theres ironically a chance we could be getting a character that also sounds like him too. Mauvika's eng VA was recently revealed to be voicing one of the protagonists, Leda.

#Why does that matter?

So far the New Fire Emblem game, Fortune's Weave has casted mainly eng VA's from Genshin. 3 out of the 4 VA's announced so far have voiced a Genshin Character. Sethos (va), Candace (va, er former one) and most importantly Mauvika's VA. They're still revealing who the rest of the characters are who follow these protagonists but I'd like to think there's a decent chance Capitano's Eng VA may have been casted to voice one of the characters. This might be the case for his Japanese VA too though I wouldnt know. So far his eng va hasn't voiced any character from a Fire Emblem console game unlike many of the other Genshin VA's have in the past.

#What is the point of saying all this?

Waiting sucks and if youre looking to get some joy out of something adjacent to what youre waiting for in this game I figured it's worth mentioning.