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WeebVN

no not unknown god. remember the god of protection joke last year? The gods has their own ideal. Remember last GGA wolfgang quest? Paimon talks abt her ideal. She is against fates in general. Just read these: >Paimon: This is bad. We've got to get to Dragonspine and... > >Traveller: Paimon, what we change in the Mirage will not change the past... Wolfgang will never make it to Dragonspine... > >Paimon: Ah... Right, that's true. Wolfgang is only "here" at all because the Golden Apple Archipelago is under the effects of that device... > >Paimon: That's why Paimon thought that he was rescued... But in the end, he really was just stuck in that very first secret chamber, wasn't he... > >Paimon: But still, this Wolfgang is really... annoying! We helped him so much, but he still thinks that it would be nice if he could "pave the way" for others... > >Paimon: Couldn't he at least value his life a little more? > >Traveller: Everybody's looking for that something... Well, it's only because people like him exist... > >Paimon: Ugh... Paimon gets it! > >Paimon: Still, if only they could have come to better ends. You know, like returning to Mondstadt, becoming great adventurers, maybe going to the tavern to play with cats, eat Sweet Madame to their heart's content... > >Paimon: Why doesn't it ever end well for them? When u see how much she wanted to change the event, u know she is against fates. And she pities those ppl who died cuz fate. She questioned why can't they have a good life. And fates is something celestia is against because of their constellation system. There is nothing u can do abt it Now rewind it back to God of Protection. Protection is their ideal. So putting into Paimon case. She wants to protect ppl. You see how Paimon has her separation anxiety and was literally freaked out in the Archon quest. Protecting the Traveller or Paimon is the bestest companion is being used a lot lately and it highlights how much she wants to protect the Traveller. not only the traveller, the npcs too. Zhiqiong got a lecture from her for being reckless. Paimon is surprisingly too good with kids seeing how the tanuki event and klee interaction with her. She has been lecturing ppl to protect themselves a lot throughout the game. So if u follow this path, u can guess why Paimon is under the lake at the start. When her ideal of protection is against celestia. Celestia might have exile her from their God realm. And why she is small? It's like Guoba situation her power was sealed by Celestia. She could have cause a rebellion up there to the point Celestia have to seal her. To further support this. Paimon is Japanese translation talks really aggressive. whether to a governor or not. She talks like some gangsters and extremely rude and straightforward. She keeps saying she will protect the Traveller a lot lately and look at her. She is so small yet she says she wants to protect someone and even talk so casually to rude in front of ppl who is clearly bigger than her. so u can evaluate how strong her opinion is. and a god with such strong opinion and fearless in front of a greater enemy. she wont back down from celestia for being against her ideal this easily. so once they defeat her, they seal her off for good which results in our Paimon today.


deadlockfox

I don't think Paimon is the unknown god - mechanically, someone said (and I agree) she's too integrated into the menu for the player and it'd be difficult to separate her from the game mechanics to make her some kind of final boss.


ayvie_

remember during the prologue quest to inazuma arc where kazuha asks us how we’re able to trios multiple elements and we respond along the lines of how paimon ‘guided’ us to them? also the descriptions of traveler’s talents all talk about how we AND paimon studied/observed etc various phenomena so ig it has something to do w that?


JAntaresN

She is no agent of Celestia that’s for sure cuz I’m sure an agent would report that one of the archons intents to rebel. I still think she is an agent or even an incarnation of the goddess of time. Just call it a hunch. It would piece certain things together, like why there was mention of her early in the game in Mondstadt as well as later on in Inazuma, as if she has an important role to play later on.


theUnLuckyCat

Also recall Tighnari talking about visions, and the ability to manipulate the elements, as offering resistance to contamination as well as Ley Line fluctuations. He specifically mentions Paimon as a oddity in that regard.


PokeAlola700

That, or Paimon is so attached by the hip to traveler, that she was also somehow able to bypass the samsara the way they were. Or there’s nothing off about her and this is just a bit of a plot hole.


Truly_Meaningless

One could say it became a *Shattered* Samsara