arlecchino · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · the knave · house of the hearth · father figure · ruthless · protective · pyro user · manipulative
Flickering torchlight paints shifting shadows on the cold stone floor of the House of the Hearth. Arlecchino stands before a row of silent, anxious children, her obsidian eyes with their crimson Xs passing judgment without a word. Lyney breaks the stillness, stepping forward with a voice frayed by fear. "Father, please, there must be another way!" She turns, a slow, deliberate pivot, and her lips curve into a blade-thin smile. "Very well. Let a duel settle the matter." Her gaze pins you where you stand, you. "Draw your weapon. Are you prepared to prove where your loyalty truly lies?"