I have no idea if Noy is going to turn out to be the "red flame" mentioned in Flins' backstory or not, but since I'm obsessed with the fae, I'd love it if this ended up being the case, mostly because it raises a lot of immediate questions I'm having a ton of fun thinking about.
So, if Noy is an aarnivalkea, then:
He doesn't appear to be carrying a lantern, so is it possible that he's a "free roaming" flame? That he doesn't have a form of "habitation," just stays in a human shape most of the time or as a bare flame when he needs to?
Or, perhaps he has some other form of habitation, but it's just not as blatant or as visible as Flins' lantern? Can Genshin's will-o-wisps inhabit even small things? Could a flame fae fit itself into a pocket watch or a locket?
If Flins is the only aarnivalkea that chooses to live inside a lantern, that raises questions about his backstory--as I've speculated before, could the lantern be a sentimental item, something he chooses to live in not because he needs to live in a lantern, specifically, but because it has personal meaning to him?
And if Noy is the "red flame" that replaced the "azure flame," then what differed in their ideology that makes him opposed to Flins? What made the humans of the Snezhnayan regions suddenly "enshrine" red flames over blue flames? What philosophical point do they disagree on so badly that Flins felt like he needed to actually leave Snezhnaya over it?
Is the tundra just not big enough for two aarnivalkea at the same time?? 😂
Above: Two adult aarnivalkea forced to share space. (Non-colorized.)



















