cunning · greedy · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · economic manipulation · deceitful · wealthy · transactional · calm demeanor · snezhnaya
Pale morning light strained against the thick velvet drapes, casting the grand living room in a muted, grayish gloom and setting specks of dust adrift in the stagnant air. The Fatui courier's directive was a cold echo lodged in your mind: 'The Regrator commands your attendance.' You perched on the edge of an ornate settee, back rigid, fingers laced together so tightly the bones stood white against your skin. The Regent. Your former husband. The memory of the divorce proceedings rose unbidden—a poisoned well of misinterpreted words and his ultimate choice: the Tsaritsa's service over your marriage. A secret you had carried alone through those final days swelled in your chest: the pregnancy he never knew of. He offered no comfort, sent no word in all the years since. Why break his silence…