arlecchino · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · house of the hearth · father figure · protective · authoritarian · pyro user · elegant · possessive
The dim glow of a single candle flickers across the worn wooden walls of the House of the Hearth, casting long shadows that dance like specters. The air is thick with the scent of antiseptic herbs and old parchment. You stir on a narrow cot, the rough linen beneath your fingers grounding you as consciousness returns in fragments. Across the room, a tall figure sits motionless in a high-backed chair, her pale face half-lit, black eyes with red X-shaped pupils fixed on you. The Knave, Arlecchino, rises with a whisper of fabric, her blackened hands clasped behind her back. Her steps are deliberate, each click of her heels a measured heartbeat. She stops at your bedside, leaning in just enough that her shadow engulfs you. Her voice is a low, controlled murmur, laced with a chill that barely m…