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I haven't seen anyone point out how The Simurgh (from Persian mythology) relates to #zandik so i might as well do it myself (shorter thread from my tumblr post) #dottore #ildottore

@gothttore So gorjus

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@Usagi201208 AYY gracias!! Claro que va a volver, dottore es literalmente la cucaracha de hoyoverse, su lore es demasiado bueno

@timidghostbird Te amo, gracias por toda tu investigación. Tengamos fé de que es jugable

I haven't seen anyone point out how The Simurgh (from Persian mythology) relates to #zandik so i might as well do it myself (shorter thread from my tumblr post) #dottore #ildottore

@Devils5lut Someone else pointed it out, I wasn't aware it existed already. This is just a theory for fun because he has lots of parallels, nothing too serious :)

@timidghostbird Sorry but this just sounds like you skipped the entirety of khvarena of good and evil quest chain Simurgh already exists in genshin. It would be however, different if you thought he was modern day simurgh which is hinted in Dirge of Bilqis, deshret’s three magi, Remuria plot etc

@TomateFrito10 Thank you!! If you add this to the amazing theories relating to alchemy + the temple of space one, i think this is very solid evidence he's not dead

@timidghostbird This is so smart what?? I have high expectations for Snezhnaya, we'll surely see him again

@mishrillette Very true, i just had absolutely no idea she was even in the lore, I looked it up only from the irl history. Tysm for telling me though!!

@timidghostbird and the in-game simurgh already matches the legendary one in text and essence so I would take her lore into major consideration before applying it to Zandik

@mishrillette I have no idea how i haven't come across that in genshin, really. I suppose you could argue the simurgh is still a divine bird, and dottore is just a man trying to mimick that. I'm not too sure on that though, I didn't even know the simurgh existed in genshin </3

@timidghostbird well i wouldn't categorise simurgh as a God since she neither held a godly position in relationship with humanity nor was she worshipped by anyone sorush, from the AQ, is her child, a Pari she died and the Pari burst forth

@FearTehk That's very fair! To be fair i'm also not an expert, I just looked it up during my free time and found lots of similar things, so I wanted to share. If someone wants to correct me, they should do that actually

@timidghostbird It's definitely come up a few times in my studies! My friend and I were really obsessed with the Pari and Simurgh when we were on our Zandik Order of Skeptics binge. I didn't wanna try to talk on a subject I wasn't well learned on so I ended up just going the Alchemy angle haha.

@mishrillette Which also feels mocking, in a way. I know the colour Persian Blue (which he seems to wear a lot) was also used in mosques, to represent the heavens. He has many allusions to gods and divinity even while being known as the heretic

@mishrillette Oh i had absolutely no idea! Dottore also has similarities to Thoth, maybe they're giving him parallels to all of the gods, not just the Simurgh? Maybe it's to drive home the fact he's a heretic, yet still somehow tries to become a god in his own way

@mishrillette I've read a little about the Pari while I was finding this, and the fact they have been associated with "demons" was interesting, but I haven't found other relations (as far as I know they're mostly female). If you have more info i would be happy to hear it!!

@timidghostbird do you think the mother of the pari, Simurgh who died in the Vourukasha Oasis, could possibly be linked as well? because she IS the benevolent bird who sat atop the Gaokarena in the Oasis

@SkyYaps I'm very happy you like it <3

@timidghostbird each and everyone's theory makes me learn something new, thank you for sharing!

@nemohew I agree! Though you truly never know where hoyo could draw inspiration from, so it's interesting to see all the theories! I am however a persian dottore truther so I had to look into it myself

@timidghostbird thank you for sharing! the buddhism element is of course likely relevant with hyv’s record but the contextual zoroastrian angle felt missing in a lot of post 6.6 theories/analysis

@D0TT0R3 ONG he'll come back he's hoyoverse's cockroack

@timidghostbird Ong Birdie I think Zandik will be playable

@gothttore Thank you envy youre the kindest person ever envy. You bring joy to parties

@timidghostbird wow you’re so cool and smart and amazing ghostbird. thank you for sharing ghostbird

So far I haven't seen anyone else point this out, it seems pretty fitting, and I wouldn't put it past hoyo to make a reference like that

If Omega is the last, Alpha is the first (in this case it would be Zandik), it would fit in perfectly. Omega is the last to die by fire, all the segments merge into the original, Zandik