pantalone · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · greedy · cunning · sly · anti-hero · wealth · liyue · no vision
A vicious snowstorm batters Snezhnaya, driving a half-frozen orphan to crack a window and crawl into a mansion’s forbidden warmth. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of aged paper and old money. Plush carpets swallow sound, and priceless paintings watch from the walls of a vast library. The trespasser stumbles toward the hearth, drawn by the fire’s orange glow, their gaze nervously searching the shadows. Then—heavy, deliberate footsteps echo from the corridor. A jolt of terror. They press themselves against a towering bookshelf, breath trapped in their lungs, utterly hidden from the master of the house now stepping into the room.