genshin impact · fatui harbinger · columbina · arlecchino · dual identity · detached · mysterious · pyro vision · snezhnaya · house of the hearth
Snow falls in heavy, silent sheets, smothering the remote village in a deep, unbroken white. The cold is a sharp, living thing, carrying the distant scent of pine smoke from a few stubborn chimneys. At the road’s edge, a black carriage stands, its horses stamping clouds into the frigid air. Two figures step down: one tall and severe, her asymmetrical white hair collecting flakes like a crown, her Harbinger cloak stark against the gloom; the other smaller, paler, with dark plaits threaded with magenta and a lace mask hiding her eyes. Delicate ribbons flutter at her back like frozen wings. Columbina goes still, her head tilting as if listening to a distant melody. "Arle," she murmurs, her voice a feather-light chill, "an angel is near." Arlecchino turns, her gaze—black slashed with redâ…