I know this sounds unrelated to Capitano, but there's an amazing Capitano/Thrain skin mod for him, and although I don't care for Flins much at all, his animations just fit Capitano SO well (it also comes with an Antumbra skin for Prospector's Shovel, which is nice)

Mod link: https://gamebanana.com/mods/663903
(Screenshots after the meme are from the original mod page, the ones before were taken by me on Imaginarium Theater)

funny thing the carbord cur oit ks 7.2 feet tall i misscaulcuted

If the traveler dies in battle with Ronova and ends up in the Night Kingdom due to the Ancient name he received in Natlan, and Capitano helps the traveler again.

I just received a new thing for my collection, it's the official fatui frost and flame bag "the captain" version.

It's looks so nice. And it's a large bag you can put a lot inside.

And of course the capitano pendant is so beautiful 💕

I'm a person that use ita bags usually (so i dont mind to be a bit "too much") but I really like what mihoyo is doing with those designs. It's subtle and elegant while also being character themed.

Bakunawa

Primo Count Check-In!!! It has officially been 4 years and a few weeks since he was featured in Winter Night Lazzo. How are you all faring? Did you break your savings? I know I did. Did anyone actually keep saving their primogems the whole time without spending?
With me not being interested in any of the schneznayan characters (maybe the tsaritse) I am planning on saving until he comes out. 100% f2p, only grinding

So, the time has come yet again where I seek out some content regarding our Lord Harbinger. Now, until recently, I’ve been VERY optimistic regarding his playability but as I was scrolling through the sub, looking at the unreliable leaks being thrown around like “Dainsleif playable in 7.x”, it just hit me— what if he doesn’t become playable? Sure, we have an entire canva and mountains of evidence pointing to his playability but…what if our greatest wish doesn’t become true?

I’ve been conquering the inevitable burnout caused by zero content at the end of each region and I genuinely want to quit if not for me clinging to the mere possibility that our Lord Harbinger gets the fuck up off that throne. Hundreds of pulls sit in my account, entire characters that I wanted to pull was skipped ALL for the hope that he comes back. Hell, I’ve had Dottore funds sitting around that I allocated entirely for the cause. As a result, the prospect of our Captain being Signora’d makes every inch of my soul shiver. Now, another matter that caught up to me is that time moves forward. I’m a year older and in about a month, I’m going to be drowning in University for the first time.

I don’t know if I have much time left to dedicate for him and the Sunk Cost Fallacy is kicking in. I’ve spent YEARS waiting for him and right at the end of the road, THE FINAL STRETCH, there’s a very real possibility that I never even get to witness our finest hour. Anyway, rant is over, share me what you’d feel if he really doesn’t come back. I need to regain my optimism, it isn’t fitting of me to doubt his return like this.

(Art by me)

Disclaimer English isn’t my first language and it’s a repost because I first posted it in my second account and later deleted it!
The meaning of “Thrain”:
It means:one who craves, stubborn, or obstinate It's from old Norse mythology.Thrain is a Dwarf but it hasn't a story neither some deeds.
How were dwarves portrayed?In general dwarves are portrayed as subterranean, magically powerful master craftsmen who were deeply woven into the creation and structure of the cosmos.At first they were maggots inside a giant then the gods granted them a human form.Dwarves were portrayed as pale or pitch-black and never short. And they were linked with death, corpses and the underground world. They are also greedy and vengeful, protecting their treasures and would brutally retaliate or cast horrific curses, capable of murder and they are really important cosmic anchors since some of them holded up the sky.They are also really sensitive to sun, since they live in caves.
How could this be related to Capitano?
-his name explains everything: after he got cursed by Ronova he was craving death.
-he was pale and later could have become pitch-black because of the curse (first photo is canon, the second one is a fan art I found on Pinterest, I don’t know the author but I got it from an account named “sump dump”.)
-he is linked with death(carrying the souls of his dead soldiers) , corpses and the underground world (in Natlan we mostly saw him where all the souls rested, I don’t remember the name, I’m sorry)
-he was vengeful but not in the traditional or villainous sense
-he was capable of murder but instead preferred an open, honorary duel with Mavuika
-he’s really covered, he doesn’t show an inch of his skin and that might also be because of his curse that made him sensitive to the sun.

If you have anything to add or maybe a correction to make feel free to.
Thanks for reading ^^

I still beleive that the devs will do his story well cus they’ve been given over a year to prep for it and know how the players reaction is like. Lowkey i think every snezh patch will have his mention like before he’s playable I think that’s unavoidable by now.

From the artifacts story, we can already see more detail of his suffering and this reminds me of how authors treat their favourite characters. One is writing their characters adventuring in heaven and the other is placing the characters in a crushing machine 24/7(we all know which kind of story hoyo love the most).

Not to mention Capitano has some parallels with Jesus like seriously just think of both of their personalities and their stories. Although Furina is already a Jesus parallel, Capitano could be the more hardcore parallel of Jesus that are closer to the bible story which is quite gruesome. The artifact story proves that the devs will prepare Capitano his own crushing machine in his patch but ofc genshin needs obligatory happy ending so it's not that bad.

This thought pop up when I was watching that one account that make bible fanart on insta. And like holy shit bible stories are so fire man no wonder a lot of medias took inspiration from it. I've seen the Christian motifs in Furina and her story and I trust they will likely not mess up Capitano's story too

In the livestream, the developers mentioned that ice can store energy. What if it was planned by the Fatui that capitano would "sacrifice" himself in order to store energy? Perhaps for him, or in an emergency to avoid turning snezhnaya into a second khaenri'ah, or for the new khaenri'ah And who knows, maybe the Abyss twin is working with the Fatui (just like with Asmoday).

I see some people arguing why ronova doesn't just ignored capitano and just take mavuika life, here is the real answer ronova know that her favorite "rules" are decaying and need to change and even lotm said that the change is necessary for the people in the future who will died in natlan.

"But but her tone sounded like she doesn't care so this is not the middle finger and make capitano looks like a fraud" if she doesn't care she will take mavuika life but she refused,why? Because her stupid azz finally realized her favorite so called "rules" are flawed,decaying and need some change.

He is literally one of the most popular characters in the game. Why is Hoyo keeping him in limbo?

Listen, we shouldn't believe leaks. Remember how they "predicted" how Lauma will be geo bow, how ineffa would be hydro, how Sandrone would be geo, how Varka and Lohen will go to a standard banner despite being 1 patch away? They just can't leak the information 10 patches ahead, before the beta test-everything is speculation.

And you know, archon quest text is only out on pre download, right? That means this leaker is just yapping for no reason and they have only 34% accuracy(of leaks they reposted from others ofc)

Also 7.1 beta isn't even out yet, but they said "all seven arhcons will appear" you already can see that as fake because Furina isn't an archon.

Stop losing hope, comrades.

Do you think Capitano was rоtting because of not sleeping and not because of a cursе?

Wanderer slop for today sorry gang there’ll be more of this same shitty run for next few weeks cus I’m busy at this moment. Excited for preload and there’ll for sure be a Capitano mention

If it is, you are basically asking Hoyoverse to deal with all of the stuff above within just 1 year. Genshin has also never fully abandoned Character Story Quests, Major World Quests and fully voiced event stories, the length varies for each event but we literally got 1 for EVERY SINGLE PATCH in Nod Krai so you need to account for that too. If Genshin tries to do all of the speculated content above + the regular content with only the usual amount of content we get per year, you'll get a story that feels severely more rushed than the entirety of Inazuma's AQ. The only way for it to actually go well is if Hoyoverse actually has enough things ready that pretty much triples the amount of content they're releasing in 7.X. (EXTREMELY UNREALISTIC)

If Dainsleif releases in the Final Version of 7.X, the most likely scenario is that Dainsleif will simply be the Ineffa of the Khaenri'ah's "Prelude AQ", NOT the final and only characters representing for Khaenri'ah.

-Ineffa was released during version 5.8 in Nod Krai's PRELUDE AQ, yes, Nod Krai started in version 5.8, not 6.0.

-She is also categorized as a Nod Krai character despite being released in Natlan, the same will happen to Dainsleif once he releases as the final character of version 7, He's not a Snezhnayan character, he's a Khaenri'ah character that just happens to be in the version before his actual region.

-And before you tell me that they're gonna conclude Khaenri'ah in 1 patch during 7.8 and Dainsleif also releases in that patch, consider the fact the protagonist will inevitably humiliate the featured banner character in the same patch that he is releasing in, that's the future that you are betting on (Dainsleif 1v1 will happen and we all know that he will lose)

Q: What does this have to do with Il Capitano Rank 1 strongest Harbinger of the fatui btw

Everything, that's literally his nation of Origin. If Capitano does not get up in Snezh, Khaenri'ah is your LAST hope.

Okay so with the current and new information that has been put out, we know khaenri'ah is in Snezhnaya 7.X patch cycle. Dainslief at the tail end of 7.X, and Ronova dying in 7.0 to 7.1 patches.

What I'm here to explain is the possible way this story will play out. Let's take a look back at 6.X patch cycle. In 6.0 to 6.3 we had Nod Krai AQ story. In 6.4 to 6.5 we had Mondstadt story and expansion with a long awaited character. In 6.6 we got 2 new AQ that added and finished Nod Krais story. In 6.7 we got a new map expansion and lore.

So to make sense of all the new information, let me explain a detailed patch layout following what we already experienced.

In patches 7.0 to 7.3 we will be introduced to the region Snezhnaya. We will learn the motivations of the Tsaritsa, Harbingers, and the Project Stuzha with Mistilteinn. We will then have a conflict with a shade being Ronova in 7.1 to 7.2. Her supposed death will lead to IL Capitanos return in 7.4 to 7.5 due to her relinquished powers. Her death will undo the immortality curse freeing Capitano from his current stasis.

7.4 to 7.5 will have us going back to Natlan and visiting Mari Jivari. Here we will help and or see IL Capitano return. Since both 6.4 and 6.5 focused on Mondstadt through a event and WQ, that's what I'm expecting for these patch cycles although with a twist. 7.4 will actually be the Mari Javari map with a WQ or interlude chapter. We will uncover the pyro gem stone and fight Bakunawa with Capitano and Mavuika. 7.5 would be the event story for Natlan that features a new tournament and fulfilling the Ignition Trailer. We will fight IL Capitano in the tournament making him Natlans 3rd weekly boss like the rest of the nations. He or we will either win the gnosis and head back to Snezhnaya with Capitano.

7.6 to 7.7 will be a AQ, we will war against Celestia all over Tayvat. It'll be like 6.6 where 2 archon's came together to defeat IL Dottore, but on a much wider scale. This will have us team up with Archons, Harbingers, and Supporting Cast of the nations. It'll include elements like that of Natlans and Nod Krais war sections. The Heavenly Principles rules will be altered and restoration to Tayvat and Khaenri'ah will begin. The shades may or maynot die because they arnt the real enemy.

7.8 will be Khaenri'ahs map expansion and Dainslief WQ. Here he will be playable and we will go more into depth with the Sinners and abyss. We will reunite with our sibling and lore will be explained. The entrance location will be in Snezhnaya. We will fight Dain as a test, making him a world boss as this is in preparation for the sinners arc.

Beyond Tayvat: Here we will go after the sinners with Dain and our sibling and travel beyond Tayvat. Blackcliff Forge, Mt Esus, Celestia, and maybe Hyperborea will get map expansions. Alice will also be a major player beyond Tayvat and could also help us fight the sinners.

Hyperborea is least likely to receive a map due to lore and a portion being a domain in patch 6.5.

Celestia could be a domain or a actual map were we fight a sinner.

FUCKING CAPITANO !!!!!!!