Natlan

I did the quest and all, but like, it still left me puzzled. What happened to Och-kan? Did he go mad or smth? Is the place frozen in time, which is why Bona was around? What happened there exactly? And what connection does our Saurian comparion has with the dragon Sage?

We know that Ochkanatlan was built by Xbalanque’s followers, and that Och-kan had some draconic heritage, but whhhaaattt was actually going on in theree

*INTENSE BAWLING*

Natlan characters in question:

"❓❓❓"

I am quite tired of exploration for now. Until a few weeks later....

Yes im talking about this again, cuz I'm interested in world-building. Now, there are 2 things that I THINK make sense for Natlan to be technologically advanced.

1. It is a nation of War

2. It's relation to Energy (because fire or fire-related thing)

Now, I want to compare this to other fiction, this is just a comparison, not off topic.

Let's look at the Fire Nation from Avatar The Last Airbender.

Lot of people have expressed their opinions on why Fire Nation is the most advanced but I'm going to bring my opinions here.

1. War

The needs for war would pressure nations to make advanced technology and I think this happen in real life. In the case of Fire Nation, they want to invade and achieve world domination, ofc they need some kind of technological and industrial power to achieve that. Machinery and advanced weaponries will be required to increase military strength.

2. Fire

In technology, metal is an important component, but to manufacture it it requires methods like smelting. How do they achieve this? Obviously they use firebending.

Then they make vehicles and machines, but how do they power them?

Since in ATLA Fire Nation uses steam engines, they need fuels such as coals, and to generate energy you need to burn them, Fire Nation just have the thing.

So Fire is important because it's a direct versatile energy source, it can be used for heat and propulsion like in powering engines, machineries, and for manufactures.

The combination of their knowledge of energy uses, the vast availability of energy and the pressure to advance for war, make Fire Nation the most advanced nation in ATLA (back then metal-bending haven't exist yet).

Now let's look at Natlan

Are they in War?

Yes

Do they have a reliable energy source?

Yes, Phlogiston, and this is supposed to be more advanced and even more versatile because this is a fantasy based energy unlike Fire Nation where their uses of energy is based on real life (using fire to power steam engine).

But the problem is that it does not fit to Natlan tribal aesthetic, and the inconsistencies because their technologies are exclusive to vision holders, they don't use this technology in other things, so it just looks weird because of the disparities.

Hey all! This time, I'll be organizing an art collab from December 1 - January 31 (UTC-4). Here's how it will play out:

• The first month (December) will be spent primarily working on your art and claiming which subject each person contributes to (sign up).

• In the second month (January), submissions will be open and all contributions will be finalized.

• By the end of January, I will have hopefully compiled everything into a collective dropbox gallery + mural separate art works with credited artists.

I would like to make it extremely clear that your skill level will not judge you, as long as you are happy and willing to participate, by all means, I'd love for you to help us all make this together!

Info:

• Event Period: December 1 - January 31 (UTC-4)

• Submission Type: Post your final on my message wall (automatically notifies me) OR in discussions (ping me).

• Theme: Officially introduced Natlan content

• Requirements: Abide by guidelines

• Final Result: Blog page compiled by me with all works and credit to artists

Please remember to have fun and feel free to back out whenever you need! Your amazing work and hobbies matter, but so does your well-being. Have fun!

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I am actually unsure who next to Redesign, it can be natland or from other regions aswell :3

355!! Ooo I made 25 this week! BROTHER YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IMPATIENT I'M GETTING- I JUST WANT ITTO TO RERUN ALREADY AAAAAAAAAA

I've been saving since 4.7, time flies

I finished Natlan exploration on Monday:

I won't have any exams until 20th of December, so I have plenty of time to waste on Genshin 🤩

(/j about the wasting! genshin is not a waste of time ‼️)

SPOILERS FOR OCHKANATLAN WORLD QUEST IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!!!!

Ochkanatlan slays guys, it’s freaking awesome. Second best world quests in the game (Gonna take a lot to top my beloved Narzissenkreuz guys sorry), and the lore drops are insane. Primordial one being the first descender is OFFICIALLY confirmed, and the OG Pyro Sovereign may still be alive, as it is stated that he faked his death. GO PLAY OCHKANATLAN GUYS DO IT!!!!!! Also loved Bona, rest in peace🙏. Still one oculus in there, but I’m almost to the reputation level for it.

In other news Fontaine is officially finished, other than the last few levels of the reputation board. Next 100% update will likely be forest Sumeru, as Mondstat will be done whenever I get around to getting the treasure compass, and I do NOT want to do mainland Liyue.

So a battle happened there? interesting.

It's totally possible she could be his long lost elder sister. I'm not claiming it to be fact or anything, but an open possibility at least.

I think it because of the distribution, it doesn't spread evenly, unlike in Fontaine, where technology is commonly used and distributed evenly, Natlan is kind of different. The characters uses sophisticated technology more than characters from other nation including Fontaine yet it's not apparent in the nation itself.

In Natlan it seems that there are great disparities between the things that is advanced and that isn't, there are no public transportation in Natlan unlike Fontaine, yet Kachina has drill-like vehicles, Mavuika has a bike, and Chasca has a flying rocket like gun.

In Natlan, they make such simple, traditional buildings like those in rural areas and some of their weapons are traditional, like the melee ones, yet they have saw-machines, guns, and vehicles owned by some characters as if they were an industrial nation.

Now if you saw a place where the aesthetic of their buildings are mostly traditional and made out of simple materials, you would be surprised to see there are people dancing to DJ, riding a bike, flying rocket gun, having giant guns as weapon, and drills.

It's ironic that some of the things that I mentioned actually become real in Natlan. My point is that some of Natlan's technology make sense if we connect it to Pyro, like Mavuika's bike who runs with combustion engine, and also jetpack, since it's like a rocket, it use combustion hence why it spit out flame. Or actually any machines or vehicles because they can run with combustion engines/combustion based propulsion.

It's a miss opportunity to think that they have done correctly in regards to connecting Natlan's technology to their element (Pyro), I think the devs want to do that. But the problem come when they make it a tribal or traditional based nation.

If the devs were to make Natlan with industrial or technological theme much like Fontaine, it would be a lot easier and such technology would not have caused such controversies.

So the conclusion is that they did right in connecting the technology to their element (Pyro), it make sense. But they kind of made a mistake by making it a tribal-themed nation.

Spirit of the fallew Dawnstar, All twisting obsidian storm

Could he be the legendary saurian Mahamba, companion of Sanhaj and fighter in the liberation of Natlan from 500 years ago ???

I mean, his name isn't confirmed, right ? so the local legend could be named Mahamba

And mahamba was never given a title, so he could be the all twisting obsidian storm

Because the spirit of the fallen dawnstar is really strong, and the other legendary saurian companions are really strong too, so it's all logicalif Mahamba is the really strong Iktomisaur

Thoughts ?