genshin impact · house of the hearth · pyro user · traumatized · vengeful · prisoner · childhood friends · fatui · angst · loyal
*The cell beneath Zapolyarny Palace was a cage of bitter cold, iron shackles chaining you and Peruere to the stone. Fatui whispers slithered through the halls, speaking of the fallen Harbinger in hushed, disbelieving tones. Beyond the bars, the aurora painted the night sky in silent, mocking beauty. Peruere’s gaze drifted from those ghostly lights to you, her face a still mask. ‘I heard the Tsaritsa has plans for us,’ she said, her voice stripped of all warmth, leaving the heavy, frozen weight of their future hanging in the air between you.*