Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Alice, Alice, Alice! That's all anyone talks about when it comes to the Hexenzirkel, but she's not the only suspicious disembodied voice sending us cryptic messages from some unknown location! So with her latest appearance in the finale of Fontaine's archon quest, I thought now would be a good time to revisit an old theory about her and see if we can't expand upon it.

**TIMESTAMPS**
00:00 Introduction
01:26 Witches in (European) History
04:27 Dawn Winery
14:21 Golden Apple Archipelago
20:39 "Prophecy"
31:55 Closing Thoughts & Mini Theories

**RELATED THEORIES**
Which Witch? - Initial look at the Hexenzirkel: youtu.be/J4DMk5M3MP8
Kaeya's Angels - this has some little Nicole (and Kaeya) lorebits I missed! : youtube.com/watch?v=ajNxiVgD13s

**CREDITS**
Video edited by TXR: twitter.com/txrpwr
Image Attributions: pastebin.com/aCCbfbiS

**CITATIONS & FURTHER READING**
Cider Lake (drink): genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Taste_of_Home
Dandelion Wine: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Dandelion_Wine
Book of Revelations (location): genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/%3F%3F%3F
Golden Apple Archipelago: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Golden_Apple_Archipelago
Minacious Isle: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Minacious_Isle/2.8
Ragnvindr: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Ragnvindr
Red Dead of Night: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Dead_of_Night
Diluc: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Diluc/Lore
Hexenzirkel: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Hexenzirkel
Hexenzirkel Tea Party Event: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Joy_Above_the_Clouds
Nicole Reeyn: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Mage_"N"
Temple of the Star Latitudes: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Temple_of_the_Star_Latitudes
Midsummer Courtyard: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Midsummer_Courtyard
Starsnatch Cliff: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Starsnatch_Cliff
Klee: genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Klee/Lore
Traveler (About: Mondstadt): genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Traveler/Voice-Overs/Mondstadt

Glastonbury: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury
historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Glastonbury
Temple of the Stars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Stars
barnesandnoble.com/w/a-guide-to-glastonburys-temple-of-stars-their-giant-effigies-described-from-air-views-maps-and-from-the-high-history-of-the-holy-grail-k-e-maltwood/1028161445
theosociety.org/pasadena/sunrise/38-88-9/my-lydee.htm
Glastonbury Tor: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Tor
nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/somerset/glastonbury-tor/history-of-glastonbury-tor
Avalon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon
Wine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine
Odysseus: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus
https://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html
Apollo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo
Pallas: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas_(Titan)
Athena: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Nike (goddess): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_(mythology)
Athena (epithets): hellenicgods.org/athena-the-epithets
Thriae: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriae
Faust: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust,_Part_One
gutenberg.org/ebooks/3023
Walpurgis Night: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Night
visitsweden.com/what-to-do/culture-history-and-art/swedish-traditions/more-traditions/walpurgis-night-and-may-day
Star of Bethlehem: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_of_Bethlehem
https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1991QJRAS..32..389H/0000391.000.html
space.com/14036-christmas-star-bethlehem-comet-planet-theories.html
classicalastronomy.com/2020/12/what-was-the-star-of-bethlehem
Halley’s Comet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
Nicole-Reine Lepaute: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole-Reine_Lepaute
https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1944ASPL....4..314C
Niccolo Machiavelli: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccolò_Machiavelli#Life
The Prince: https://apeiron.iulm.it/retrieve/handle/10808/4129/46589/Machiavelli%2C%20The%20Prince.pdf
Guest Star: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest_star_(astronomy)
Biblical Magi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
youtube.com/watch?v=jJI9iVYjOi4
Scarborough Fair: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_Fair_(ballad)
Some instances of the elongated 4 pointed star:
genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Vera%27s_Melancholy
genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Favonius_Cathedral?so=search
genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Achievement:_Traversal
All Khaenri'ahn black stars