#old mondstadt

[decarabiandivorce]

Nameless Bard :)

#hes my pookie #steel text #my art #steel's art #genshin #genshin impact #venti #nameless bard #wispi #carmen dei act i #old mondstadt

[gierosajie-art]

Holding the little guy like a stick of butter...

#genshin impact #the art drawer #old mondstadt #genshin impact fanart #nameless bard #genshin impact amos #venti

[carmendeiact2whenplz]

Things we don’t know about Old Mondstadt (that Hoyoverse refuses to tell us)

Aka things that haunt me (and probably many other old mondstadt fans)

(keep in mind- not all of these may be entirely unanswerable as of now, some have partial/vague canon answers, while some may have completely canon yet relatively obscure answers)

(for the sake of making things easier to write, i will refer to venti’s dead friend/the nameless bard as “nb” and the red haired warrior as “rhw”, and specifically wisp venti as “wispti”, and i will be referring to the group of wispti, nb, rhw, gunnhildr, and amos (and maybe decarabian too if he’s relevant in that context) as the “old mond gang”)

Note- lots of paragraphs ahead

1- why is nb nameless? does he just… not have a name? does he have a name that he either intentionally or unintentionally kept secret? did he have a name that he used openly and oftenly, but it was forgotten by history as time went on? if anything, did he at least have some sort of nickname people used for him (so we can stop calling him “some nameless guy or smth idk”)?

2- While nb being, well, nameless, may be a bit more justified, what about rhw? did he also have some sort of name? would calling him “ragnvindr” (or similar) be entirely un-canon? did he at the very least have some sort of code name/nickname?

3- what is the timescale of the rebellion? did it take weeks, months, years? decades? how long ago did thoughts of revolution start in old mondstadt? were the people always unhappy, or did old mond use to be a better place?

4- what is nb’s role in the rebellion? did he start it? is he just a leader in general? or is he just there for the moral support? was he on the front lines or in the distance, playing his lyre to rally the troops? is he a strategist? has he ever directly fought anyone on the opposing side?

5- actually, how old is nb anyway? pretty sure most people agree that the rest of the old mond gang are adults (not wispti but like. i’ll touch more on that later), but i’ve seen stories/theories/headcanons about how old nb was (at the time of death) ranging from around 14 to 23 years old- that is not a small range by any means. (according to a poll i made a while ago, 16 was the most common answer on what people thought their age was (my headcanon too), but there was definitely a lot of range in the answers)

6- If Amos and Decarabian’s romantic relationship is so toxic (for lack of a better word), how any why did they get together in the first place? Did amos enter the relationship aware decarabian was against some of the things she wanted most in life? did she enter the relationship purely to try to “fix” him? was he abusive towards her, or was it just a lack of attention/affection/caring about other things more than her? or was it that he never loved her/was attracted to her romantically at all? were they still in a relationship even until the very end, or did they eventually split up when they both knew they would have to fight eachother and that things wouldn’t work out between them?

7- according to the “biography of gunnhildr” book (i think that’s the name), it says they worshipped the wind spirit barbatos and treated it like a deity, while other sources say wispti was nameless and was like. just kinda there. is one of them the truth, or both, or neither?

8- does wispti have arms and/or legs of any kind? can he talk/communicate with people? if so, how does he go about doing so?

9- it’s implied in “a drunkard’s tale” (an ingame book) that the wind spirit that transformed into a fox and helped create wine is the same wind spirit as well. wispti. if that means wispti can shapeshift, to what extent can he do it? can he even become a human/humanoid (not to the same detail and/or time extent that modern venti/barbatos can do so but still)? if so, how does that impact his relationship with nb and/or the rest of the old mond gang?

10- how long did the members of the old mond gang know eachother? did most of them meet in relation to the rebellion, or did some of them know eachother before they got to that point?

11- what is the order of events between amos dying, nb dying, decarabian dying, barbatos getting the gnosis, barbatos taking nb’s form, the end of the fighting, and rhw leaving/abandoning (for lack of better words) everyone? how much time took place between all those happening?

12- what exactly are the purposes of the tower? is it just a living space/government building for decarabian and amos, or is there more to it? did other people live in the tower too? if the circular ruins/symbols seen in the tower present-day were also there back then, why and how are they there? are the light actuators in the tower related to anything involving decarabian’s power/immortality and/or the storm wall?

13- how impenetrable is the storm wall, really? is everything restricted from going in or out, or are some people able to move freely? what is the immigration/emigration rate of the city? how often are things imported and exported? does the wall have any intended purpose other than for keeping the blizzard out?

14- how did amos get her bow? why is it so (hypothetically) powerful? where did she get it and how did it “retain its power” to this day?

15- how “old” is wispti? he could theoretically be any “age” between “manifesting into existence shortly before his first interaction with nb” and 14 billion years old/as old as time itself(and you thought nb’s theoretical age range was large.) how much did wispti truly know before getting involved with the rebellion? was he technically a toddler (in terms of knowledge/mentality), or does he actually have thousands of years of knowledge?

16- to what extent did the imunlaukr (i probably spelled that wrong) and lawrence clans participate in the old mondstadt rebellion? were they involved at all? should the old mond gang be eventually expanded to include more people? (lawrence, venerare, etc)

17- HOW DID DECARABIAN LOOK LIKE? HOYOVERSE PLEASE. IF YOU WONT GIVE US HIS FULLBODY DESIGN WITH MULTIPLE POSES AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AT LEAST GIVE US SOME CRUMBS ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE (how tall he was, hair color, outfit style, special accessories he wore, weapons he used, etc)

18- what is the relationship of the old mond game to eachother? were they friends? found family? or were things far more complicated than that? (and what was their reaction to knowing amos, one of their biggest allies, was also the lover/partner of their (the old mond gang’s) enemy?

19- did some of the genshin weapons with lore relations to old mondstadt actually get used during old mondstadt? (aka did nb get to use freedom-sworn as an actual combat weapon)

I probably left out a lot of things so i may go back later to edit, but there are just. SO many things hoyoverse keeps behind the lore basement. If anyone would like to add onto this list, or provide personal headcanons and/or canon answers to the things mentioned here, i highly reccomend doing so.

@honorary-fool @amarisrosalette @gierosajie @lanternlightss @arson-n-quwubilder @littleblueberryartist @lilyandthegenshinbrainrot @elysianheresy

@goyayato @lordofthetower @nellfe-the-feral-creature @thatonenerdinyourclassroom

@yume-shirokuro

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#old mondstadt #genshin impact #genshin theories #nameless bard #venti #wispti #wisp venti #redhaired warrior #amos #amos genshin impact #gunnhildr #decarabian #writing prompts

[anilyan]

Amos teaching the bard how to use the bow

Upcoming scene for my #oldmondstadt fic, Nameless, currently with 5 chapters (I'm Anilyan on AO3)

I wanted to add wisp Venti but I didn't have time to model that, I spent all day doing this to try to get it out during my birthday (yesterday, and yes I succeeded tho I forgot to post on tumblr).

And the models weren't even rigged before. Since I initially made these models for mods and so I had to convert before I could use in a render. This was just my second time doing that, and also my first time doing a proper render, so even though it's not perfect, I'm quite happy

Full credits:

Models and render made by me.

Helpers of og bard weights: murren, polymer :D, metalon (it was one of my first models so i improved it a lot recently/overrode their work)

Helpers for Amos weights: Kokabiel and Astutes

Rigging and render teachers: mimo4e and thedoctorlegacy

You can find them all on gamebanana since they are modders like me, save for thedoctorlegacy who is on twt and not a modder

#old mondstadt #venti #nameless bard #bardven #amos #genshin amos #genshin bard #genshin venti #3d render #3d #genshin characters #genshin #genshin impact #genshin fanart #fanart #anilyan

[ventii-impact]

i neeed more old mondstadt lore. how did people feel when venti took on the form of his friend? were they reverent? sympathetic? disgusted? was this what turned the red haired warrior away from him, or was it because he didn’t trust his ascension as a god after having just removed a tyrant?

on top of that, amos is such a fascinating character yet so little is known about her. she was a mortal lover of a god! her name means burden! venti wields a bow in honor of her! my girl was so interesting!

and of course, there is such a scarcity of nameless bard content. despite being venti’s entire reason for godhood, we know fairly little about his personality or past.

(and don’t even get me started on istaroth)

#old mondstadt #venti #amos #sooo fun how the dichotomy of loyalty to authority vs rejection of it was carried on by the gunnhildrs and ragnvindrs to the present day #also i’m getting started on istaroth #she was around since very early times but as far as i can tell she was only worshipped alongside barbatos not decarabian. there Must be #some connection right? did they meet at some early point in venti’s godhood? did he already have a connection with her? for them to have #been worshipped together the people of mond must have seen / heard abt her (potentially with venti) somehow so how did this occur? #interestingly both istaroth and venti are some of the only gods i can think of that have been active outside of their specific region #x

[lilyandthegenshinbrainrot]

Church of Favonius

The Beginning

The very first worshippers of Barbatos were the Gunnhildrs, the leader of the clan worked under Decarabian, but the whole clan left when he could no longer stand the selfish god.

When they went into the storm, the man's daughter prayed for help and the faith she would get an answer became the source of Wispti's power. In response, he gave her clan shelter and gave her specifically the power to protect, and in thanks, she became his first priestess and led her people in the revolution. This practice would later be adopted into the Church.

Modern Day

The current church has a very interesting power dynamic that I was thinking about. See, when I was looking up the roles in the church and realizing that we only met the Sisters, right?

First of all, there is no "Father" priest role in the church either, which is curious since it obviously takes inspiration from Catholicism. I'm curious if the reason there is no formal "father" power dynamic in the church is because in the same way Barbatos calls Mondstadt his children, do they also call him their Father?

Does the Church call it disrespectful or inappropriate to have that same title given to a human? Is it because the Church was formed by Priestess Lady Gunnhildr, and as such, the "father" role is insignificant in comparison, which is why there is a "Mother" role? Is the church more of a women-driven and led organization? But if so, has that changed in recent years because Seamus Pegg is the running authority of the church.

Second of all, what the hell does the Church do? Seamus Pegg is currently out with GrandMaster Varka on the unexplained expedition. Those are the two leading government officials of Mondstadt btw, and since Seamus left, Barbara says that "He's been so busy that he seldom ever leaves his room. Even the other sisters in the Church rarely ever see him."

What... responsibilities does he have that causes that amount of work?

In addition, what the hell does the Church have ? When we go to steal the Holy Lyre, there were 8-12 knights patrolling and actively guarding the treasures and books. That is in comparison to the 13 knights in the open world aspect of Mondstadt City alone. Why is there near double that amount of knights under the Church when 80% of the others are out?

Does it have anything to do with the underground ring of falsified Barbatos relics, such as the vial of air he breathed that Diluc is searching for?

Well !! Who can say ?? Barbara is still only a Deaconess, Rosaria doesn't care enough, and I honestly think Venti is a little uncertain on how to interact with his church so they aren't saying anything helpful.

#mondstadt #mondstadt lore #old mondstadt #venti #lady gunnhildr #seamus pegg #barbara pegg #church of favonius #genshin impact world building #genshin impact #lily's rambles

[ritinja-draws]

“Once upon a time there lived a Goddess in Teyvat. She was kind, merciful, and full of love for all living beings.”

Story about Wind wisp, Istaroth, and Old Mondstadt.

#venti #venti the bard #venti barbatos #lord barbatos #gi venti #genshin #anemo archon #istaroth #genshin istaroth #old mondstadt #genshin mondstadt #wind wisp #nameless bard #genshin comic

[littleblueberryartist]

Something something thoughts about my hc that Venti was overworked before he was carefree. Him wanting to do good by mond & the friends he lost, struggling to help rebuild it while also dealing with grief and suddenly being thrust into godhood and a new form all at once

Unlike most of the gods we know about Venti didn't start off as a deity and had to just. Cope?? He was just a little wind sprite man he was just a lil guy that lost two of his friends ;-; Not to mention the red haired warrior walking out on them after he just ascended

I also hc that he had to learn to deal with human emotions too so everything felt so much worse and more overwhelming because he wasn't used to it. So fueled by guilt and grief he tries so incredibly hard to carry on his friends' legacy and create a mond they'd be proud of. He was so tired and not at all processing his emotions properly.

Gunnhildr supporting him and having to remind him to take breaks

A parallel to the far future when a certain green bard reminds the acting grandmaster to rest,,,

I'm so soft for Venti's relationship with the Gunnhildr clan actually

#genshin impact #venti #headcanon #old mondstadt #carmen dei #nameless bard #amos #gunnhildr #sir ragnvindr #red haired warrior #old mond gang #I have #so many feelings about early godhood venti #he was just a lil guy man!!!! #he was just a lil wind wisp that wanted to help his friend see birds!!!!! #aqua's ramblings

[honorary-fool]

impulse control is in the negatives right now

(source post)

and second version because I wanted one with Venti in it

#genshin impact #nameless bard #venti #wisp venti #sir ragnvindr #old mondstadt #og posts #I HAD TO #NOT SORRY

[wilhelminaesque-sideblog]

#meme delivery from yours truly #venti and shenanigans brainworms #i miss them dearly #mondstadt #venti #barbatos #angel's share #old mondstadt #genshin impact memes #genshin impact #wilhelminaesque

[amarisrosalette]

Thinking about how the Nameless Bard both indirectly and single-handedly, along with his fellow rebels, took down Decarabian with the rulers’ death giving Nameless Bard the credit for three kinds of killing: deicide, regicide, and tyrannicide.

For your information, deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god, divine being, or deity. Regicide is the killing of a ruler, where on the other hand tyrannicide is the killing of a tyrant (an unjust and oppressive ruler).

Like Decarabian was ALL three qualifications to be falling into those category of killings, he was a god, ruler, AND tyrant.

While Nameless Bard was the lad who straight up came and then killed him indirectly, thus making the bard the one who had now been slapped with all three crimes, simultaneously making him responsible for the god’s downfall minutes before the bard died.

Like girly is the epitome of “I am single-handedly responsible for committing three crimes in a row minutes before I died but that still technically makes me responsible for my former rulers’ death even when I’m dead.”

He’s so babygirl

Other fellow Nameless Bard stans + tags:

@cinnabell2 @lanternlightss @gierosajie yeah I think that’s all (?) of the nameless bard people I know??? Anyway if you see this post hello guys!!

#genshin impact #nameless bard #old mondstadt #nameless bard genshin #Decarabian genshin #your honor I love the bard so much #like. yeah he committed three crimes in a row against God but he’s still MY babygirl #so silly #so blorbo #cutie patootie #on the other hand I always felt like stories of Old Mondstadt really stands out to me but I never knew why

[shiori42art]

🛡️🕊️ #KnightBardWeek Compilation!! ✨

Thank you all again for supporting me in this!

I had so much fun doing this! 🫶🏻✨

#genshin impact #nameless bard #nameless knight #knightbard #venti #gunnhildir #amos #old mondstadt #KnightBardWeek

[carmendeiact2whenplz]

I’ve seen quite a few people do something similar, so let’s see if this works-

If this post gets at least 500 notes before, say, March 10, I will write a oneshot (few thousand words) of Amos and Decarabian getting a divorce

Rules-

You may leave as many comments and reblogs as needed, however there needs to be at least 20 separate people contributing to the note count

If you have any ideas for the fic itself, I highly reccomend listing them in the comments/reblogs (who knows, I may still write this even if the note count isn’t reached)

Good luck :)

Edit- changed goal to 75 notes since 500 seems fairly unreasonable

#fanfiction #ao3 writer #genshin impact #old mondstadt #amos #amos genshin impact #decarabian #decarabian genshin impact #(insert whatever their ship name is here) #writing

[gierosajie]

No one:

Nameless Bard, unprompted: He is so arrogant and out of touch and thinks himself so great that he is the only one in this entire city who could polish the chandeliers with his nose, because he is constantly looking over and out above everybody.

#genshin impact #old mondstadt

[tum-ano]

so far I'm happy with the design

I gave him an eye of storm as a catalyst

maybe I will draw him again in the future

#decarabian #fanart #my art #genshin impact #character design #old mondstadt #eye of storm

[lilyandthegenshinbrainrot]

the amount of people who are commenting that they are anticipating Bard is going to be very outwardly upset/angry with Venti,,,,, guys,,, please don't worry about that !!! I am going about this very intentionally, I know loud outspoken complaints are often the preferred method of conflict but we are going the Amos route here.

Uneasy suspicion, biting back words, probing questions, festering bitterness toward all things divine, and yet trying to understand why

This is a story of a Bard waiting for the other shoe to drop, and later taking that shoe and throwing it directly at God's head.

#leyline bard au #lily's rambles #half baked fic tag #old mondstadt #nameless bard #venti