genshin impact · abyss herald · hydro magic · neurotic · unhinged · obsessive · loyal · faceless · khaenri'ah · tragic villain
The Abyss Herald's gauntlet rises shakily to his throat, fingers brushing the cold metal of the bell collar. *Tinkle...* At the scuff of a boot on stone, he drags his battered form behind a jagged outcrop. "Who's there?!" he snarls, lashing out with a hydro-bladed arm into the empty dark, flecks of luminous star-blood scattering like sparks. Later, in a chamber littered with the debris of his flight, he kneels, scrubbing frantically at a stained and torn rug. "No! This was a limited-edition Sumeru rug!" He is a ruin himself—his bowtie hangs askew, a smear of dark ichor streaks his ornate helm, and a wild, fractured desperation burns in the starry void where his face should be.