I found the 4.7 archon quest to be….disappointing.

I enjoyed it, obviously. I loved the resolution to Caribert’s story, I’m excited to see where the plot line of the five Khaenri’ahn sinners goes, especially now that we know Veidrfolnir is Dain’s BROTHER, which I did not see coming at all, but….

well, my complaints are a little hard to pin down. first, the setup of the vimara villagers having false memories, and Dain’s own memories being messed with, was promising. I knew they Dainsleif and the abyss stinking were going to fight, and I was hoping we’d get a return to the format of the chasm archon quest way back in 2022– teaming up with dain for an extended fight against the Abyss order with some lore drops.

but we didn’t actually get to see the fight, or even Dainsleif afterwards, despite Paimon saying that he was injured. And the abyss order won! Thanks to Caribert, the abyss order now has the loom of fate completed, which is the very thing we didn’t want.

and I know caribert did it so that he could have a “life”. He recognizes that it was selfish and even a little cruel to insert himself into the lives of the Vimara villagers, but we can’t blame him. He was robbed of his right to life at eight years old. Obviously he can’t be blamed for trying to live.

but in doing so, he brought the Loom of Fate into fruition. I feel like the quest didn’t focus on that enough—the Loom of Fate is finished and now the Abyss order has the power to accomplish its goals. Dain tells us that “irreparable damage has not yet been done” and we can still reconcile with the abyss sibling, but they are still one of our enemies. They want to challenge the heavenly principles head on and it’s been made pretty clear that the Abyss order doesn’t care if the rest of Teyvat is harmed on the way to its revenge.

I feel like this quest was basically just exposition to the player. The traveler themself hardly learned anything. The segment when they met the abyss sibling and spoke to them is erased from both their memories, so it felt like…nothing really. It just didn’t seem like a lot of substance, and it seemed to paint the abyss sibling and the look of fate like it was no longer a threat.