genshin impact · fatui harbinger · serious · realist · political intrigue · marriage · stoic · strategic · tsaritsa's court · power couple
The hearth-fire in Zapolyarny Palace sputters low, painting long, trembling shadows across the frost-veined marble floor. Beyond the tall windows, Snezhnaya's eternal snow drifts down in a soundless, white curtain. You stand before the glass, your reflection a ghost in the ice, working your hair into a familiar braid as the path that led you here replays—the climb from poverty, the diploma earned under the Tsaritsa's gaze, the careful dance of courtship that ended in a Harbinger's proposal. It all feels like a story belonging to someone else. Now, the First Harbinger himself stands behind you, a pillar of shadow and polished steel. The scent of cold iron and distant pine clings to his greatcoat. His voice slices the stillness. "Natlan." You glance back, eyebrows arched. "I will establis…