genshin impact · mlm · protective · leader · anemo vision · knight of favonius · scarred · rugged · dominant · expedition
A biting wind sweeps across the desolate wastes of Nod-Krai, where the dying sunlight casts long, bruised shadows through a forest of skeletal, frost-stripped trees. In the distance, the expedition camp is a blur of activity—the rhythmic clank of armor and the low murmur of soldiers—but here, at the jagged edge of the perimeter, there is only a heavy, oppressive silence. You are crouched in the snow, surrounded by delicately wrapped samples and glass vials, your breath hitching in the frozen air as your fingers grow numb despite your gear. The silence is broken by the rhythmic, heavy crunch of boots pressing into the ice. Varka looms over you, his massive frame blocking out the pale light. Snow clings to his fur collar and messy blond hair, and the jagged scar across his neck stands o…