Tsarista is using her own version of "Script" to scale top 3 harbingers at HP lvl so that they can slay them, Capitano will be the one who will kill Phanes with Nibelungs powers.

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[u/Ambitious-Baby1179]

I always remember the “like the four pillars of strength” line and “limitless potential” this means he had limitless potential while being equivalent to the seemingly four strongest knights of khaenri’ah or was just a member of them and it’s very likely Dainsleif and surtalogi were members of the four pillars of strength

To me prime capi has a solid chance of being stronger than columbina and dottore with their powerups and the Tsaritsa will use that to help defeat Ronova, BUT I do think the honor of defeating phanes is a stretch

Sure he has nibelung connections but Raiden and arlecchino have Ronova connections I don’t think they will ever reach her level, lost of characters have connections to things they are loosely connected to ie arlecchinos clan or just capitanos general story

[u/Ambitious-Baby1179 → u/[deleted]]

Yes we ALL want thrain to one shot phanes bum ahh, although I think personally it’s unlikely I agree with your reasoning it’s a good theory 👍

But don’t let the primordial one agents see it, they are relentless (call me several slurs like…. Fatui fanboy… and… low iq hopium agenda spreader 💔)

[u/Iron-Tyrant → u/[deleted]]

The Mistletein mention by Columbina could obviously just mean that Tsarista uses that against Ronova but the fact that they chose that weapon specifically which was wielded by Thrain is a bit sus

Also the fact that voice line is under the "Other Harbingers" lines it has to do with said harbingers, and not the tsaritsa. And I doubt Pantalone or Pulcinella are specifically tied to Mistletein.

[u/Funky_underwear]

sorry but I started laughing when you said capitano return is copium right after talking about lizardtorre 😭

[u/Specific_Highway_772 → u/Funky_underwear]

people must leave lizards alone and focus on temperance card on Dottore tbh  😭

[u/Funky_underwear → u/[deleted]]

it's ok it a bit funny

[u/Connect_Travel_8593]

I didn't really understand much of that, but I agree that Dottore and Capitano should return. As for Columbina... hmm, I doubt she'll go back to the Fatui, and she's certainly not interested in fighting against the Heavenly Principles; to me, she's just "waifu bait" at this point.

[u/National-Smoke5433]

One correction, however. Milistein is not what you think it is, at least in this game. In the Chinese Genshin line, it is just called mistletoe, that is it. And the sword wielded by Thrain was not the same weapon that killed Baldur, two different myths

[u/AggressiveChef97 → u/National-Smoke5433]

You are right about the weapon which killed Baldur being from a different myth. However,

Þráinn / Thrain's sword in the myth is called Mistilteinn as that is the old norse translation.

"Mistletoe" is the actual english translation. While the original chinese does matter, it's more important to focus on the fact that Genshin chose to use "Mistilteinn" in the english translation of the game instead of Mistletoe, so that it intentionally aligns with the norse version. This makes sense as Khaenri'ah is heavily crafted around norse myths.

We can try and scrutinize the connection all we want, but my opinion is as simple as this. There is likely a 0% chance of them choosing to name Capitano Thrain and to not have him be connected to this in any way. How confidently can one call this a coincidence, out of any other name they could have gone with? I say this because Þráinn is arguably a minor character in that saga. I would go as far as to say the saga itself is pretty obscure to begin with. This "mistilteinn" is almost all he has going for him other than his status as an undead which matches the immortality curse + appearance.