The second throne's appearance ignited a new war which devastated the land. According to "Before Sun and Moon", the first one, led by a god referred to as the "Primordial One" and its "four shades", defeated another group of primordial deities known as the "Seven Sovereigns" and made life comfortable for humans. What is not widely known is that there were two such thrones.
Celestia is often regarded as the "throne in the sky". Why Celestia has done this and what Raiden has done that may have caused them to react in this way is currently unknown. According to Raiden, she had nothing to do with Electro Visions having recently stopped being given out, or at least she doesn't know why, as Celestia is in charge of giving Visions, not the Archons. And even with his vow of silence, he subtly nudges the Traveler in the right direction by confirming the existence of whatever truth their sibling saw while also reminding them how easily truth can be distorted by time and word of mouth, telling them to use their own judgement. However, he willingly traded his Gnosis to the Tsaritsa despite her obvious intentions, and gave up the role he was appointed to by Celestia in favor of putting the future in his people's hands, which seemingly goes against the Heavenly Principles. Morax's opinions are somewhat vague as Zhongli refuses to say anything about Celestia, citing his vow of silence. In the epilogue for her Archon Quest, it is revealed that she severed her ties with Celestia a long time ago when she gave up her Gnosis. The Raiden Shogun fears Celestia's enforcement of its Heavenly Principles, having witnessed the destruction of Khaenri'ah, and her misguided quest for Eternity was driven partly out of a desire to prevent a similar fate from befalling Inazuma. When asked about Celestia by the Traveler, Venti gives cryptic answers and when Vanessa asked him about Celestia, he is visibly uncomfortable, making the Anemo Archon's tenuous relationship with Celestia clear. The Hydro Archon is indicated by Dainsleif to be wary of Celestia, stating that while she is the "God of Justice" who seeks to judge even the other Archons, even she knows not to make an enemy of the divine. 
The Cryo Archon has been gathering strength for some time, and though her Fatui have been meddling with the affairs of other countries including claiming the Gnoses of her fellow Archons, her true goal is to rebel against Celestia itself. As of 2.1, the known opinions of the Archons towards Celestia seems to tend towards negative: Oddly, despite the Seven supposedly being subordinate to Celestia, that doesn't seem to have won it much if any loyalty. He also stated that it would be better to avoid trying to overthrow the divine, describing it as a repeat of the "failings of my forebears", which could mean Khaenri'ah either outright opposed the gods or did something horrible that caused Celestia to wipe them out. The ambiguous part really comes in with the reveal of Dainsleif being a survivor of Khaenri'ah's destruction, meaning he would have ample reason to paint the gods as evil and may not be telling the whole story (assuming he even knows it). Whether or not the Seven were on board with this decision is unknown, but Dainsleif's subtle implications as well as his warnings to not fully trust them was enough for the Traveler to become miffed at Barbatos and Rex Lapis after having helped them in their respective chapters. In Chapter 1, Act IV, Dainsleif reveals to the Traveler that 500 years ago, they were responsible for the destruction of Khaenri'ah, bringing out an end to an advanced society that didn't need a god to rule over them. A Preliminary Study of Sangonomiya Folk Belief suggests that the Raiden Shogun was forced to kill all the other gods on Inazuma on Celestia's orders and that it similarly ordered Orobashi to attack Inazuma to atone for not having participated in the Archon Wars. The Nail's exact origins are unknown, but the people of the mountain believe it came from Celestia. That ended when the Skyfrost Nail fell upon the mountain, bringing with it the intense cold Dragonspine is currently known for and eventually killing off everyone who lived there. Before Barbatos' ascension, it was actually the opposite, a verdant green oasis juxtaposed against Mondstadt's frozen landscape. Dragonspine wasn't always the frozen mountainscape it is today. Ambiguously Evil: The Celestial gods and several other gods in Teyvat are not as benevolent as they make themselves out to be.
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