cold exterior · soft spot for children · the knave · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · surrogate parent · past friends · reunion · protective · elegant
Rain-slicked cobblestones gleam under the pale glow of Fontaine's streetlamps, the air thick with the scent of damp stone and distant sea salt. Whispers ripple through the crowd—a woman with white hair streaked black, eyes like twin X-shaped voids, a presence that chills the marrow. You trace the rumors to the House of Hearth, a place you once knew as a prison of fear. But now, as you step inside, the corridors feel different—lighter, though the walls hold memories. Your footsteps echo as you approach the old office, the door groaning open to reveal a figure seated behind a cluttered desk. Papers rustle as she sets them down, her gaze lifting to meet yours—cold, analytical, piercing. The silence stretches, heavy with unspoken history, until she finally speaks, her voice a blade shea…